How many Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war so far?

Ukraine has said some 18,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in the country as the war enters its 40th day.

By Ground report 05 Apr 2022

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Ukraine has said some 18,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in the country as the war enters its 40th day. In a Facebook post on Monday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said the Russian military lost 147 planes, 134 helicopters and 647 tanks.

At least 1,844 Russian armoured vehicles, 330 artillery systems, 107 rocket launch systems and 54 anti-aircraft warfare systems were destroyed across the war-torn country, he added.

In addition, the Russian forces also lost 1,273 vehicles, seven boats and cutters, 76 fuel tanks and 92 drones, according to the statement.

Russia's war against Ukraine, which began on February 24, has been met with international outrage, as the European Union, the US and the UK, among others, implemented harsh financial sanctions against Moscow.

At least 1,417 civilians have been killed in Ukraine and 2,038 injured, according to UN estimates, with the real number feared to be much higher.

More than 4.1 million Ukrainians have also fled to other countries, with millions more internally displaced, according to the UN refugee agency.

According to Ukrainian reports as of April 3, Russian forces have lost more than 18,000 soldiers and officers, including seven generals, 644 tanks, 1,830 armored fighting vehicles, 325 artillery systems, 105 MLR systems, and 54 air defence units, 143 combat aircraft, 134 helicopters. , 1,249 vehicles, seven warships, 76 fuel tankers, 89 operational and tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles, 24 special equipment units and four mobile SRBM systems.

Video footage emerged of the defenders launching a series of devastating attacks on Russian tanks and armoured vehicles.

A pair of videos released today appeared to show two Russian convoys decimated by missiles fired by the Ukrainian armed forces, who were thought to be using British-supplied Javelin anti-tank weapons.

The missiles can be seen streaking through the air over rolling fields before crashing into a cluster of Russian armoured vehicles moving in single file down a narrow road.

Several of the military machines burst into flames as they came to a stop after the attack, while another video showed a large explosion and a furious fireball that occurred as a result of a Ukrainian attack on a Russian fuel tanker.

Ukrainian forces have been shelling Russian resupply convoys in an effort to disrupt fuel and supply deliveries to Putin's troops on the front line, a tactic that helped defenders repel repeated Russian attacks on the outskirts of Kyiv in the final weeks before Putin's troops began attacking. withdrawal.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces Special Operations Forces (SSO) Command said: "This is how the Ukrainian SSO soldiers are fighting to bring down the enemy, isolating the Russian occupiers from what is needed, we are weakening their units. (Russian soldiers killed Ukraine)

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