“During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia lost about 729,720 of its soldiers”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Regarding the losses of Russian equipment, the command of the Armed Forces reported the following:
- tanks – 9419 (+20 in the last day)
- armored fighting vehicles – 19,192 (+36)
- artillery systems – 20,760 (+24)
- RSZV – 1254
- air defense means ‒ 1004
- planes – 369
- helicopters – 329
- Operational-tactical UAVs – 19,365 (+105)
- cruise missiles – 2764
- ships/boats – 28
- submarines – 1
- automotive equipment and tank trucks – 29,850 (+73)
- special equipment – 3678 (+3).
Russia and Ukraine give almost no information about their losses in the war. Moscow officially last named the number of people killed in September 2022 – then 5,937 people died. Kyiv did not do this for a long time, saying that the data would be disclosed after the war.
On February 25, 2024, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers: 31 thousand. At the same time, Zelenskyi said that he cannot disclose how many Ukrainian soldiers are wounded and missing. Also, according to his data, Russia’s losses amounted to 180,000 servicemen killed, and up to 500,000 wounded and dead.
British intelligence said on September 17 that Russian losses since the beginning of the invasion were estimated at more than 610,000 people killed and wounded.