The death toll and destruction of Russian equipment happens on a daily basis, and here are the updated numbers.
Fighting persists in the contentious East region of Ukraine, and the death toll continues to rise. The Ukraine Operational and Tactical Group "East" stated Saturday they had killed nearly 90 Russian occupiers in one day in that area of the country, in addition to destroying lots of Russian equipment.
The estimated death toll of Russians since the war began is slightly more than 33,000, according to Pravda.com. Furthermore, there are another 1,000 Russian troops being held prisoner. The number of Russian equipment—including aircraft, tanks and missile systems—is also quite staggering.1,465 — Russian tanks destroyed180 — Russian helicopters downed233 — Multiple rocket launchers destroyed594 — Tactical drones lost
Soldiers carry caskets and crosses, as the Ukrainian Army buries with military honors three of its soldiers, each of whom died fighting invading Russian forces at frontlines across the country, in the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, and the Field of Mars military cemetery adjacent to the Lychakiv Cemetery on June 18, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine.Russia began its attack into Ukraine on February 24 this year after weeks of stationing troops along the border and positioning ships in the Black Sea.
The heaviest fighting in the last months have come in the eastern oblasts in Ukraine, particularly in Luhansk, Donetsk and Mariupol. The most recent deadly standoffs have been in Severodonetsk, where a group of civilians have refused to evacuate the Azot chemical plant, which is one of the last strongholds for Ukraine.
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