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Ukraine Reports Russia's Military Losses Since Invasion
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In Short: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia has lost 1,588,180 troops since the start of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Oct. 31 that Russia has lost 1,588,180 troops since the start of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. The report also detailed significant losses in military equipment, including 12,450 tanks, 25,620 armored combat vehicles, and 168,480 vehicles and fuel tanks.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 51,739 artillery systems, 2,247 multiple-launch rocket systems, 1,730 air defense systems, 452 aircraft, 356 helicopters, and 3,045 unmanned ground vehicles. Additionally, Russia has lost 35 ships and boats and two submarines.
While Ukrainian officials rarely disclose their own losses, President Volodymyr Zelensky told France TV on Feb. 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since the beginning of the full-scale war, in addition to significant numbers who are missing in action.
Ukraine's General Staff has not revealed its own losses during the full-scale invasion, citing operational secrecy. However, the General Staff warned its partners about the criminal plans of the aggressor state of Russia, including the involvement of agents recruited by the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) and the FSB of the Russian Federation in Europe.
The Kremlin has dismissed these reports, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying, “Don't trust them.” Meanwhile, Russia forces launched 295 drones against Ukraine overnight, and battlefield positions have changed little since last year, in part because swarms of drones severely restrict troop movements.
President Donald Trump has called for an end to the war, stating that Russia has “lost control” of its diesel industry due to the ongoing fighting with Ukraine. Zelenskyy described his conversation with Trump as an “important conversation” and said an in-person meeting with Trump on the sidelines of this week's UN General Assembly “could change a lot.”
What this adds
The report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is consistent with previous estimates and adds to the ongoing narrative of significant Russian military losses since the start of the invasion.
Background
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Oct. 31 that Russia has lost 1,588,180 troops since the start of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
A military staff or general staff is a group of officers, enlisted, and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning, analysis, and information gathering, as well as by relaying, coordinating, and supervising the execution of their plans and orders, especially in case of multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing complex operations.
What's confirmed
- President Donald Trump said that Russia had "lost control" of its diesel industry due to the ongoing fighting with Ukraine and called for an end to the war.
- "Russia has unfortunately lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry due to its War with Ukraine," he posted on Truth Social.
What's still developing
- Kyiv Independent staff in the capital reported explosions and widespread fluctuations in power, with some buildings and streetlights temporarily losing electricity.
- Ukraine comes closer to making Patriot missiles domestically.
- Russian athletes have been barred from competing under their national flag since the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, although International Skating Union rules allow for Russians to compete as neutral athletes.
- Thursday’s letter, the first public message Zelenskyy has written directly to Putin since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, was a sweeping critique of the Russian leader’s 26 years in power as well as some taunts about his age.
- Both Moscow and Kyiv have stepped up attacks after the deadliest summer since 2022 — the year Russia launched its invasion, starting Europe’s worst war since World War Two.
- Obviously, it’s politically useful for Trump to blame the war in Ukraine for the elevation in global energy prices since the war in Iran given the proximity of midterms.
- "Following Russia’s latest barbaric atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Dnipro, Chernihiv, Kremenchuk, where Russian missiles deliberately slaughtered 20 Ukrainians, wounded dozens more, we are convening an emergency meeting of the🇺🇳UN Security Council. Kick Russia out" Melnyk wrote on X.
- On Monday, Trump defended easing sanctions on Moscow as part of peace talks and said those talks include "hostage negotiations."
- Steve Witkoff, sitting opposite the Ukrainian leader, told reporters the US team felt “encouraged” by what he called a “substantive” and important discussion.
- Witkoff added that the US negotiators would continue for “as long as it takes”, praising Zelensky for his “unsurpassed” hospitality on their trip.
- According to those rules, an individual is presumed eligible unless the ISU determines they are in active military/security service for Russia or Belarus, have taken part in military operations against Ukraine or have "publicly supported that war".
- Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin described Zelenskyy’s open letter proposing the meeting as “boorish,” particularly after a May 22 drone attack on a college dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region that Moscow said killed 21 and wounded scores of others.
Sources
- Kyivindependentlink
- Scrippsnewslink
- Peopledailylink
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- CBS Newslink
- Justthenewslink
- Turkiyetodaylink
- BBClink
- AP Newslink
- Arabnewslink
- Ukrinformlink
- Kyivpostlink
- Kyivindependentlink
- WarpBeat — background on Ukraine Reports Russia's Military Losses Since Invasion link
- Wikipedia — background on Staff (military) link
- public domain / DVIDS — video link