“Over the past day, Russia has lost 1,720 soldiers in Ukraine, the Armed Forces say”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Among the equipment that Russia lost in the war, the General Staff of the Armed Forces named the following:
- tanks – 9,860 (+9 units over the past day)
- armored combat vehicles – 20,549 (+4)
- artillery systems – 22,323 (+14)
- RSZV – 1263
- air defense means – 1,050
- planes – 369
- helicopters – 331
- Operational-tactical UAVs – 23,253 (+40)
- cruise missiles – 3053
- ships/boats – 28
- submarines – 1
- automotive equipment and tank trucks – 35,124 (+53)
- special equipment – 3715
The day before, the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain said that the year 2024 brought the biggest losses for Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
According to the department’s estimates, Russia lost 429,000 soldiers killed and wounded last year, compared to 105,960 in 2022 and 252,940 in 2023.
Russia’s total losses in the full-scale war against Ukraine exceed 750,000, the department’s post on the social network Kh.
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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 December 8, 2024, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, announced that since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine has lost 43,000 soldiers killed and 370,000 injured. According to his data, the losses of the Russian Federation exceed 750,000 – 198,000 dead and more than 550,000 wounded.
The head of the Pentagon said on December 7 that Russia lost at least 700,000 soldiers during the large-scale war against Ukraine and spent more than 200 billion dollars on it.