The thousandth day of the full-scale war of the aggressor country of russia against Ukraine, which Moscow conceived as a "blitzkrieg" campaign with the aim of quickly capturing the country, has come. During this time, the army of the invaders has suffered losses estimated at over USD 76 billion.
Ukrainian News Agency tells what the most expensive losses russia has suffered since the beginning of the war.
The "easy walk", which grew into a long-term confrontation with Ukraine, turned into colossal losses for the russian army in both personnel and military equipment.
Total losses of russia in Ukraine
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 720,000 soldiers of the russian army have been killed and wounded.
Several thousand more invaders were captured. Some of them were exchanged, some are held in camps on the territory of Ukraine.
The occupiers began to suffer the greatest monthly losses in May 2024. Since then, the russians have been losing more than a thousand of their soldiers every day.
The greatest losses of the russians in personnel occurred in October 2024. This month they lost 41,980 people killed and wounded.
In addition, over a thousand days of full-scale war, the russian army lost more than 106,000 units of military, automotive and special equipment.
As of November 18, 2024, the russian army suffered the following losses in equipment:
- tanks - 9,365;
- armored combat vehicles - 19,059;
- artillery systems - 20,586;
- multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) - 1,252;
- air defense systems - 999;
- aircraft - 369;
- helicopters - 329;
- UAVs of operational-tactical level - 19,073;
- cruise missiles - 2,753;
- ships and boats - 28;
- submarines - 1;
- automotive equipment - 29,428;
- special equipment - 3,655.
Statistics of losses of the russian occupation army since the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The cost of all this equipment (based on approximate calculations by Forbes Ukraine) is over USD 76 billion.
The most expensive losses of the russian army in Ukraine
Cruiser “Moskva” - USD 750 million
The former flagship of the russian Black Sea Fleet, the missile cruiser "Moskva". Photo: wikimedia.org
The most expensive loss of the russian occupiers was the flagship ship of the russian Black Sea Fleet, the missile cruiser "Moskva". It was to this ship that the famous phrase "Russian ship, go f*** yourself" was uttered by a Ukrainian border guard on Zmiyinyi Island.
The missile cruiser "Moskva" was destroyed by the Ukrainian military in mid-April 2022. On the night of April 13-14, the cruiser was hit by two "Neptun" missiles, and on the afternoon of April 14, the ship sank in the Black Sea.
With an initial cost of the ship of USD 2 billion, its residual value was USD 750 million.
A-50 aircraft - USD 330 million
A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft (illustrative image). Photo: wikimedia.org
In second place on the list of the most expensive losses of the russian army is the long-range radar detection and control aircraft. (DRLVU) A-50 "Shmel". The cost of such an aircraft is estimated at approximately USD 330 million.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the russian army has lost two such aircraft. The first was shot down over the Sea of Azov on January 14, 2024, and the second over the Krasnodar Krai on February 23, 2024.
In addition, another A-50 aircraft was seriously damaged at the Belarusian Machulishche airfield as a result of a drone attack in February 2023.
Submarine "Rostov-on-Don" - USD 300 million
Submarine of project 636.3 "Varshavyanka" (illustrative image). Photo: wikimedia.org
The third place on the list of the most expensive losses is occupied by the submarine B-237 "Rostov-on-Don". Its estimated cost is USD 300 million.
It was hit by the Ukrainian army on August 2, 2024 in the port of occupied Sevastopol, where the boat was undergoing repairs.
Electronic warfare complex "Borysoglebsk-2" - USD 200 million
Electronic warfare complex (EW) RB-301B "Borysoglebsk-2" (illustrative image). Photo: wikimedia.org
No less expensive for the russians is the loss of several electronic warfare (EW) complexes RB-301B "Borisoglebsk-2", the cost of one is about USD 200 million.
This is a new EW complex for the russian army, the first deliveries to the army took place in 2013.
According to military and media information, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the russians have lost at least six such EW complexes. One of them was captured by the Ukrainian military.
Il-76 aircraft - USD 86 million
Il-76 military transport aircraft (illustrative image). Photo: wikimedia.org
Another expensive loss for the russians was the Il-76 military transport aircraft, which was shot down by the Ukrainian military on February 26, 2022 in the Kyiv Region. The cost of such an aircraft is USD 86 million.
The russian occupation army continues to suffer losses in Ukraine. In the past 24 hours alone, 1,560 occupiers were eliminated, and 403 units of equipment were destroyed.
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