Soldiers are dying every day in the Ukraine war, on both sides. Statistics on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war are regularly updated.
- The battles and attacks in Ukraine war rage mainly in the east of the country. The military of Ukraine continues to resist.
- Russia himself rarely gives information about his own losses in the war.
+++ 10.15 p.m.: In the Kherson region, Ukrainian defenders are said to have destroyed two Russian command posts. “There are also our successes. In the direction of Kherson, two command posts of the enemy army were destroyed by our missile and artillery units,” the Ukrainian journalist said, according to the local news portal Pravda. Further details are still being investigated, it said.
Ukraine War: Russia loses ammunition depots
+++ 7.15 p.m.: With the delivery of modern artillery and missile systems from the West, Ukraine has more opportunities in the fight against Russia. In this context, the armed forces have now launched a special attack campaign, such as the Kyiv Independent writes. The aim of the military campaign is to destroy Russia’s most important war infrastructure.
To this end, Ukraine is attacking ammunition depots in the occupied regions in the east and south of Ukraine, and apparently with success. In the past four weeks, almost 20 ammunition depots belonging to Moscow troops are said to have been hit. Some of the Russian armed forces’ largest depots are said to have been among the casualties.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia’s losses at a glance
- Soldiers: 36,900
- Aircraft: 217
- Helicopters: 187
- Tanks: 1637
- Panzerkampfwagen: 3811
- Artillery systems: 828
- Air defense systems: 107
- Multiple rocket launcher systems: 247
- Cars and other vehicles: 2685
- Ships: 15
- Unmanned combat drones: 669
- As of Friday, July 8, 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.
+++ 6.45 p.m: It would be a heavy loss for Russia: an ex-Nato-General introduces a new target. After Russia shelled the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, General Philip spoke to Breedlove TheTimes.
The former Supreme Allied Commander for Europe suggested destroying the bridge over the Kerch Strait. The bridge connects mainland Russia with the annexed island of Crimea. For the action, the military proposed the newly delivered Harpoon missiles. “The Kerch Bridge is a legitimate target,” Breedlove said.
+++ 5 p.m.: According to the Ukrainian military, it has attacked numerous targets in areas controlled by Russian troops, some of them successfully. According to local media reports, a weapons depot near Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast detonated on Friday night. Another arsenal is said to have exploded later in Kherson Oblast near Nowa Kakhovka. According to the Kiev authorities, several dozen Russian forces were killed. The authorities deployed by Russia, on the other hand, spoke of a failed Ukrainian attack, including on the hydroelectric power station on the Dnipro River. The information provided by both warring parties cannot be independently verified.
+++ 10.00 a.m.: The Ukrainian General Staff has published daily statistics on Russian army losses in the Ukraine war. In the meantime, 36,900 armed forces are said to have fallen. In addition, the material losses are said to be high, but the information cannot be independently verified – an overview.
Update from Friday, July 8, 8:15 a.m.: According to their own statements, Ukrainian troops have destroyed a howitzer, an ammunition depot, a drone and a tank belonging to the Russian army in southern Ukraine. Twelve Russian soldiers were killed in the battle. The news portal reports Kyiv Independent with reference to the report of the Ukrainian army. This information cannot be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Probably heavy losses on both sides
+++ 10.30 p.m.: Fighting continued unabated in eastern Ukraine. In the Donetsk region, the pro-Russian separatists spoke of one dead and eleven injured, as the dpa reports. The reason for this is said to have been the shelling from the Ukrainian side. The information has not yet been independently verified.
+++ 6.30 p.m.: Ukraine’s intelligence service, through the Defense Ministry, has said Russia would burn soldiers to keep the actual death toll low. In the outskirts of the city of Cherson, according to information, corpses are repeatedly being burned on the streets.
Due to the high degree of burns, the bodies could usually no longer be identified, it is said. According to Ukrainian information, the representatives of the Russian occupying forces are trying to declare the bodies as victims of artillery fire. Ukrainian firefighters are forbidden to put out the said fires. The information has not yet been independently verified.
Ukraine War: Heavy casualties for Russia
+++ 11.30 a.m.: Russian troops reported taking over the entire Luhansk region in the course of capturing the city of Lysychansk at the weekend. As expected, the Kremlin said the oblast had been “liberated”. Another phase of the “special operation” has now been completed, said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. According to an analysis of ZDF the Russian forces had to accept heavy losses in the capture of Lysychansk. However, the data on this is poor. Only the Ukrainian army publishes regular statistics. According to this, around 36,500 soldiers of the Russian military have fallen in the war so far. In addition, there are probably around 110,000 wounded armed forces. The analysis assumes that the number of fallen soldiers is even higher. This is indicated by the material losses, for example more than 830 tanks have already been destroyed.
The separatist people’s republics are said to be particularly hard hit by the losses. According to the analysis, they are used in the front lines. The information cannot be independently verified.
Update from Thursday, July 7th, 7 a.m.: 38 Russian soldiers were killed in fighting in Ukraine on July 6. In addition, the military lost a T-62 tank, two 120mm “Sani” mortar complexes, two armored vehicles, four other vehicles, as well as three ammunition depots in the Mykolayiv region and a fuel and lubricants depot in Kherson. That gave Operations Command South, a formation of the Ukrainian ground forces, in one Facebook video known.
Some of the soldiers were killed in an attack on Ukrainian units in Dobrianka, Cherson. After the troop had lost five soldiers and one was wounded, they withdrew, how Ukrinform quoted from the video.
Update from Wednesday, July 6, 6:55 a.m.: According to Ukrainian media, 36,200 soldiers of the Russian army have been killed, 150 have been added compared to the last statistics. 18 other armored military vehicles were destroyed, bringing the total to 3,772. Five tanks were destroyed, the total number is 1,594, Ukraine officials say. Reports of the Ukrainian online newspaper Pravda According to reports, Russian attacks in the east were successfully repelled by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian army also lost two more artillery systems, for a total of 806. There was another loss of special equipment, while the number of vehicles and fuel tanks rose by eleven to 2,629. The data shows a dated Kyiv Independent via Twitter published statistics.
First report from Tuesday, July 5, 12:48 p.m.: Kyiv/Moscow – The Ukrainian General Staff released the statistics on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war updated. Accordingly, 36,350 soldiers have already fallen. In addition, 1594 tanks and 217 military aircraft have already been destroyed.
(tu/ska/hg/lm with dpa/AFP)
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