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Russia continues its attacks in the Ukraine war, incurring heavy losses. Kiev gives current figures. An overview.
Kiev – Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than two years. Ukraine War claims a dramatic number of victims – on both sides, including among the civilian population.
Russia has continued its offensive in the east and north-east of Ukraine with heavy attacks. Moscow reports further gains in territory. However, the Kremlin is keeping quiet about its own casualties in the “military special operation”, as the war is officially known by Russia The General Staff of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, on the other hand, publishes daily figures on Russia’s losses. However, these figures cannot usually be independently verified. Ukraine does not publish any current data on its own casualties.
Russian losses in the Ukraine war: An overview
According to Ukrainian authorities, around 1,150 Russian soldiers have been killed or seriously wounded in the past 24 hours. The number of victims since the beginning of the invasion has now reached 502,340. An overview of developments over the past few days:
27 May (Mon) | 1150 | 502,340 |
26 May (Sun) | 1110 | 501,190 |
25 May (Sat) | 1140 | 500,080 |
24 May (Fri) | 1240 | 498,940 |
23 May (Thu) | 1330 | 497,700 |
22 May (Wed) | 1300 | 496,370 |
21 May (Tue) | 1380 | 495,070 |
The figures come from Ukrainian authorities and cannot currently be independently verified.
Heavy losses in the Ukraine war also in equipment
The Russian military’s losses in vehicles, aircraft and equipment in the war against the Ukraine are high. The following list is an extract from the figures currently reported by the Ukrainian military (as of May 27). Here too, the information cannot be independently verified. The changes from the previous day are shown in brackets.
- tank: 7671 (+9)
- Air defense systems: 815 (+1)
- Drones: 10,467 (+42)
- Multiple rocket launchers: 1084 (+1)
- Armored vehicles: 14,818 (+15)
- Artillery systems: 12,981 (+28)
- Tankers and other vehicles: 17,694 (+55)
NATO announces assessment of figures
As NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced in Brussels on March 14, 2024, Western intelligence services believe that the number of Russian soldiers killed or wounded has now exceeded 350,000. The country is paying a very high price for marginal territorial gains, he said. Ukrainian attacks have also sunk or disabled a significant portion of the Russian Black Sea fleet, Stoltenberg added.
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Western intelligence agencies with assessments of Russian losses in the Ukraine war
The secret service of the USA In March 2024, the number of soldiers killed or seriously injured in the war was around 350,000. In April 2024, Great Britain to the numbers. The British Ministry of Defence estimated at that time that about 450,000 Russian soldiers had been wounded or killed in the Ukraine war, including regular soldiers and about 20,000 members of the Private Army Wagner.
In May 2024, France also commented on the issue. According to the report, Paris estimates Russia’s military losses at 500,000, of which 150,000 are said to be dead. The Russian service of the BBC and Media Zone have so far been able to definitively identify the names of 54,185 dead soldiers. (red)
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