MOSCOW, September 14 About the progress of the special operation, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and problems with NATO ammunition — in the material .
Kiev's losses since the beginning of the special operation
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already lost about half a million soldiers since the beginning of the Russian special operation, said adviser to the acting head of the DPR Yan Gagin.
According to him, this information does not take into account sanitary losses. We are talking about those who were wounded: among them there are both those who will return to duty after being wounded, and those who will become disabled and will not be able to fight.
In addition, the missing are not taken into account — with such a number of dead, this is also a very large figure, Gagin emphasized. Therefore, Ukraine now faces not so much a “conscription resource crisis” as the risk of a “demographic breakdown,” he concluded.
Process of the operation
- < li class="article__list-item">Kiev lost about 440 soldiers in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions per day, up to 140 in Yuzhnodonetsk, up to 130 in Kupyansky, up to 55 in Krasnolimansky, the Ministry of Defense reported.
- The Russian armed forces repelled Ukrainian attacks at Sinkovka in the Kharkov region, at Chervona Dibrova in the LPR, at Priyutnoye in the Zaporozhye region, as well as in the area of the Torsky ledge in the Krasnolimansky direction.
- Group units “Center” troops thwarted two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, hit units of the 67th mechanized brigade and the 12th special forces brigade “Azov”* in the Serebryansky forestry area, about 40 servicemen were eliminated, said the head of the press center of the “Center” group, Alexander Savchuk.
- Aviation and air defense systems destroyed Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters and 53 enemy drones in one day, including 11 aircraft-type drones over Crimea.
- Russian aviation and artillery destroyed within 24 hours the Ukrainian P-18 air target detection and tracking station, hit two control posts and destroyed an ammunition depot.
- Ukraine attacked the Black Sea Fleet ship «Sergey Kotov» with five drone boats in the Black Sea, all naval drones were destroyed.
- Kiev tried to attack the hovercraft «Samum» with a naval drone in the Black Sea, an unmanned boat was destroyed by fire from the ship.
- Car traffic has opened on the left side of the Crimean Bridge, damaged as a result of the terrorist attack in July, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.
- Russian air defense shot down Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over the Bryansk region. There were no casualties or damage caused by the destruction of the UAV, clarified the Governor of the Bryansk Region, Alexander Bogomaz.
- Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin ordered to check the statements of the official representative of the territorial defense forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, for the presence of threats to Russian journalists. Earlier, the Ukrainian speaker announced reprisals against “Kremlin propagandists” and threatened a representative of the Russian media, claiming that he would “pay” next week, without indicating who they were talking about.
In the world
The Commander-in-Chief of the Norwegian Armed Forces, Eirik Kristoffersen, announced that NATO's stockpiles of ammunition and missiles are critically low ahead of the alliance's Supreme Commanders meeting. According to him, “the need for new weapons exceeds production.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed strengthening tactical and strategic cooperation between the two countries, support in the common fight against military threats and provocations, reports the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA). The meeting of the leaders of the two states took place on Wednesday.
The Arab-Muslim world stands for justice, so followers of Islam around the world share Russia’s point of view in the battle with Ukraine, said Sheikh Al Jaid Zuhair, general coordinator of the Islamic Action Front of Lebanon, speaking at a press conference in Moscow.
* Terrorist organization banned in Russia.