In December 2024, the Ministry of Defense recorded the largest number of irretrievable and sanitary losses of the army of the aggressor country of russia in manpower per month - 48,670 military personnel.
This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"In 2024, the largest number of irretrievable and sanitary losses in the aggressor's manpower per month was recorded in December 2024 - 48,670 military personnel. This is also the largest figure since the beginning of the large-scale invasion. The previous large-scale figures for the losses of the russian army in manpower were recorded in November 2024 - 45,720," the message says.
According to the Ministry of Defense, during 2024, the Defense Forces of Ukraine reduced the number of the russian army by 430,790 soldiers, which is more than the total losses in 2022 and 2023.
"During 2024, the Defense Forces of Ukraine reduced the number of the russian army by 430,790 soldiers. Conventionally, this is the number of almost 36 motorized rifle divisions of the russian army's ground forces. Last year, the enemy suffered more losses in total than in 2022 and 2023," the ministry reports.
In 2024, the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed and knocked out 3,689 enemy tanks, the largest number of enemy tanks was destroyed in May - 428 units, in just one day on May 12, 31 tanks of the invaders were hit - this is the number of equipment of a tank battalion.
Last year, 8,956 armored combat vehicles of the russian army were destroyed and knocked out, the largest number of enemy armored vehicles hit and disabled in October 2024 - 923 units.
"Such a number of armored combat vehicles destroyed in a month cost the aggressor country's budget approximately at least half a billion US dollars. The record for a day falls on November 12 - 81 armored personnel carriers," the report says.
Over the past year, Ukrainian soldiers also hit 13,050 units of enemy artillery, the largest artillery losses suffered by the russian army in July - 1,520 artillery systems - this is the largest number of artillery losses in a month since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of the russian federation.
In 2024, the Defense Forces scrapped 313 units of russian multiple launch rocket systems and 407 air defense systems.
In November 2024, the largest number of enemy vehicles of various purposes was recorded since February 2022 - 2,469, the total number for the year is 21,345 units.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses of russian troops as of January 1 increased by 1,370 to 792,170 people.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, as of the morning of December 31, 2024, the army of the aggressor country, the russian federation, lost about 789,550 people in the war in Ukraine.
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