Russia has suffered heavy losses in the Ukraine war. The shortage of personnel at the fronts is also increasing.
- bridge damaged: Russian troops “cannot use or repair Antonivka Bridge
- “Clandestine Mobilization”: Russia must losses in Ukraine war compensate.
- Editor’s note: The information in Ukraine conflict partly come from warring factions and cannot be checked directly and independently.
Update from Sunday, August 28, 06:42: The Ukrainian military has apparently destroyed an important supply base for Russian troops. As Kyiv Independent reported, two ammunition depots in southern Ukraine were attacked on Saturday. In addition, other heavy war equipment, including nine armored military vehicles, is said to have been destroyed. In addition, there are reports that 35 Russian soldiers were killed during the attack. Overall should be noisy Ukrainska Pravda around 46,500 Russian soldiers have died since the war began six months ago.
News in the Ukraine war: Losses for Russia – Putin’s troops are making little progress
+++ 2.45 p.m.: According to Ukraine, Russia has used up most of its missiles. In an interview with the news agency RBC Ukraine said Vadym Skibitsky of the Ukrainian secret service, “according to our calculations, they have no more than 45 percent of the missiles that were there before the war began.” Regarding high-precision weapons, Skibitsky spoke of “a reserve of 30 percent”, with the inventory of some types of missiles being completely depleted be.
+++ 11.20 a.m.: Russian troops are apparently finding it increasingly difficult to make progress in the invasion of Ukraine. Thus, as of Friday (August 26), the attackers reportedly made “no territorial gains” like that Institute for the Study of War reported from the USA. This was already the case last Thursday (August 18). At the same time, Russia regularly has to accept losses of areas in the Ukraine war. Since March 21, the Ukrainian soldiers are said to have recaptured around 45,000 square kilometers of territory (see update from August 25, 1:05 p.m.).
News about the Ukraine war: Heavy losses for Russia – soldiers are killed near Donetsk
Update from Saturday, August 27, 8:40 a.m.: The Ukrainian General Staff has updated figures on Russian casualties. Accordingly has Russia has lost around 46,500 soldiers, 234 aircraft and 1,939 tanks in the Ukraine war since February 24. Compared to the previous day (Friday, August 26), 250 casualties were added. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reports that Russia suffered the greatest losses on the Donetsk front.
- Soldiers: 46,500
- planes: 234
- Helicopter: 202
- Tank: 1939
- Armored Fighting Vehicles: 4254
- Artillery Systems: 1045
- Air defense systems: 148
- Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems: 274
- Cars and other vehicles: 3165
- Ships: 15
- Unmanned Combat Drones: 836
- As of Saturday 27 August 2022
- The information on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war comes from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. They cannot be independently verified. The Kremlin itself gives very little information about its own losses.
+++ 8.50 p.m.: According to Ukrainian sources, there was a rocket attack on a strategically important bridge in the Kherson region in the south of the country. The Darjivsky Bridge was hit by Ukrainian missiles, the southern military command said. The bridge crosses the Dnieper River and is considered an important supply route. Ukraine reported that the bridge could no longer be used. That would make the supply of food and resources much more difficult. Just recently, Ukrainian troops shelled the Antonivka Bridge, which also crosses the river. Large parts of the bridge have been repeatedly destroyed by shelling in recent weeks.
News about the Ukraine war: Putin sends 137,000 new soldiers into battle
+++ 1.30 p.m.: Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Thursday (August 25) according to which the Russian army will be increased in terms of personnel. 137,000 new soldiers are to go to the Ukraine war, most of them recruits. According to a reporter from the news portal nv could it be a reaction by Russia to the heavy losses in Ukraine. The increase indicates “high losses,” said Rainer Munz in a live broadcast. This cannot be verified independently.
Update from Friday 26 August 2022 at 6.30 a.m: According to the news portal Kyiv Independent citing a Facebook post by the Task Force “South”, the Ukrainian troops in the Cherson region have struck an important blow against the Russian army. Accordingly, the Ukrainian troops destroyed a communications and logistics hub in the region, as well as two armored vehicles. 20 Russian soldiers are said to have died.
Heavy losses in the Ukraine war: Russia’s combat capability “slows down”
+++ 7.50 p.m.: According to experts, Russia’s combat capability in the Kherson region in the south of the country will be significantly affected by Ukrainian attacks on the bridges and border crossings there. For example, the Antonivka Bridge over the Dnieper River was damaged again in a recent attack (see update from 4 p.m.). As a result, the Russian occupiers would have to use other routes to transport equipment, food and fuel.
“This not only slows down their operations, it also reduces the combat effectiveness of the troops,” Oleg Zhdanov, Ukraine’s military expert, told Kyiv Independent. In addition, the amount of goods is “much larger than what you can transport across the river to the other bank.”
Ukraine War: Defenders damage vital bridge
+++ 4 p.m.: Ukrainian troops again damaged the Antonivka Bridge near the city of Kherson. This was announced by Operations Command South on Thursday (August 25). The bridge over the Dnieper River serves as an important gateway for Russia to the embattled port city. The spokeswoman for the operations command told the Ukrainian broadcaster Hromadske, the Russian troops “can neither use nor repair” the bridge. The Russian military administration in the region confirmed to the state news agency mugthat the bridge was hit.
+++ 1:05 p.m.: Russia is said to have lost an area larger than Denmark in the Ukraine war. This writes that US Institute for the Study of War in its Evaluation of the Russian offensive campaign from Wednesday (24 August). Accordingly, the troops from Russia have had to give up about 45,000 square kilometers of territory since March 21. The comparison date corresponds to the estimated point in time at which Russia advanced furthest into Ukraine.
+++ 10.25 a.m.: The Ukrainian General Staff updated figures on Russian casualties on Thursday. Accordingly has Russia has lost around 45,850 soldiers, 234 aircraft and 1,929 tanks in the Ukraine war since February 24. Compared to the previous day (Wednesday, August 24), 150 casualties were added. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reports that Russia suffered the greatest losses on the Donetsk front.
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Update from Thursday, August 25, 6:20 a.m.: The war in Ukraine has been going on for half a year now. The fighting also continued on the Ukrainian national holiday. According to a report by the portal Kyiv Independent the Russian military had to take heavy losses again. The Ukrainian Air Force said on Facebook that they had destroyed a Ka-52 “Alligator” helicopter and several Russian army reconnaissance drones.
News about the Ukraine war: Severe losses are troubling Russia
First report from Tuesday, August 23: Moscow – The severe losses in the Ukraine war make Russia difficult to create. The long duration of the war also seems to have weakened the morale of the auxiliary troops from the separatist areas loyal to Moscow. At least that is what the reports of the British secret service show.
As the Ministry of Defense announced in London on Monday (August 22), some commanders are now likely to promise their soldiers hefty financial incentives. Individual associations are considered unreliable and would therefore not be entrusted with attacks.
News on the Ukraine war: “Clandestine mobilization” to compensate for losses
According to the British secret service, the fact that Russia continues to classify the war as a “military special operation” contributes to the personnel problems. Without general mobilization, the state has no legal authority to force people into military service. Thus, Russia is still dependent on auxiliary troops.
So far has Wladimir Putin steadfastly refused to order the politically quite risky general mobilization during the war, which has now lasted about six months. So what else can the Russian authorities do? Apparently the Kremlin has been trying to set up some kind of “covert mobilization” like this for some time New York Times writes.
To compensate for the lack of personnel, the Kremlin is therefore relying on a combination of impoverished ethnic minorities, Ukrainians from the separatist areas, mercenaries and militarized units of the National Guard to wage the war. It was also recently reported that prisoners in St. Petersburg had been offered freedom and money if they agreed to fight in Ukraine.
News on the Ukraine war: Russia is silent on losses
At the end of March, Russia put the number of soldiers killed in the Ukraine war at 1,351. Since then, the Kremlin has remained silent about its own losses. Ukraine provides a daily update, with the latest estimate putting the total at around 45,000. (cs)
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