In almost nine months of war, Russia would have lost more than 85 thousand soldiers in Ukraine, but a very large part of these losses fell in November, against the background of the collapse of the southern front and the withdrawal from Kherson.

Along with human losses, there is military equipment: almost 3 thousand tanks, more than 5.8 thousand units of armored vehicles, almost 550 combat planes and helicopters.

On the other hand, Russia also publicizes the damage inflicted on Ukraine and claims to have destroyed nearly 7,000 tanks and armored vehicles and shot down twice as many military aircraft as Ukraine did at the beginning of the conflict.

What troops and military equipment would Russia lose

Russian losses so far, according to the latest assessment of Ukrainian forces:

– 85,720 fighters (+310 over the last day)

– 5839 battle tanks (+7)

– 2898 tanks (+1)

– 4400 vehicles (+4)

– 1889 artillery systems (+1)

– 395 volley fire systems

– 209 anti-aircraft systems

– 278 aircraft

– 261 helicopters

– 1547 drones (+10)

– 16 boats

– 531 intercepted cruise missiles (+51)

The figures provided by Ukraine cannot be independently verified under these conditions and should be viewed with a degree of skepticism.

What losses would Ukraine suffer in a war with Russia

On the other hand, however, Russia also claims to have inflicted significant damage on the Ukrainian military, in addition to extensive destruction of infrastructure. However, Russia does not publish how many enemy soldiers it estimates it has taken out of combat so far.

According to the latest information from the Ministry of Defense of Russia, since the beginning of the “special forces operation”, the Russian troops managed to destroy:

– 333 planes

– 177 helicopters

– 2558 drones

– 390 anti-aircraft systems

– 6791 tanks and battle tanks

– 902 volley damage systems

– 3161 artillery and mortar systems

– 7340 special military vehicles

The data presented by Russia also cannot be independently verified.

Russia claims to have shot down twice as many planes as Ukraine did at the start of the war

Russia claims to have shot down 333 planes, almost twice as many as Ukraine had on paper at the start of the war.

Although the exact number of military aircraft that Ukraine counted on at the beginning of the year was not officially indicated anywhere, numerous independent sources reported that on paper Ukraine had a maximum of 165 military aircraft.

But despite this, the chances that all of them would work were very slim, and in fact Ukraine would count on a lot fewer aircraft than existed on paper.

For example, the number of MiG-29 fighters that were at the disposal of Ukraine, depending on the source, ranged from 37 to 70 units, this maximum threshold may include numerous hulls or units that were kept in storage or used for spare parts.

Other fighters: 32 Su-27 aircraft, 12 Su-24 aircraft and 17 Su-25 attack aircraft.

Transport aircraft were added to them: 3 An-30, 22 An-26, 1 An-70, 1 An-74 and 7 Il-76 aircraft.

However, talks about helping Ukraine with fighter jets continue official this was not the case before. It is most definitely known that Ukraine received spare parts and components to maintain its own aircraft in flight condition.

In May, there was a lot of speculation about the possible transfer of 14 Su-25 aircraft from Bulgaria (almost the entire Bulgarian fleet of such aircraft), but the Ministry of Defense in Sofia denied the information, and at some summer air shows, some of the Bulgarian Su-25 aircraft were photographed. Other rumors say that Macedonia donated four Su-25s, but this has not been officially confirmed, but neither has it been denied by the Macedonian government.

No reliable information from the ground, which would confirm the use of military aircraft by Ukraine, other than those that were earlier, has not yet appeared.

The only aircraft that Ukraine received were helicopters.

Record losses for Russia in November

So far in November, Russia would have suffered very significant losses in both soldiers withdrawn from combat and military equipment destroyed or captured by the Ukrainian side, at least according to daily estimates published by the Ukrainians, estimates that cannot be verified, and they should be treated with a degree of skepticism.

If we look at the total military losses for the nine months of the war, the military losses since the end of October and November are 68% higher than the monthly average so far, and the month is not over yet.

Most of the losses and captured equipment were due to the collapse of the southern front and the withdrawal of the Russians from the Kherson region to the Dnipro.

Total losses: 13,900 soldiers, 212 tanks, 354 battle tanks, 3 planes, 8 helicopters

– November 24: 310 soldiers, 1 tank, 7 battle tanks

– November 23: 410 soldiers, 2 tanks, 5 battle tanks

– November 22: 400 soldiers, 3 tanks, 5 battle tanks

– November 21: 390 soldiers, 6 tanks, 5 battle tanks

– November 20: 330 soldiers, 1 tank, 2 battle tanks

– November 19: 420 soldiers, 6 tanks, 7 battle tanks

– November 18: 350 soldiers, 1 tank, 4 battle tanks

– November 17: 400 soldiers, 7 tanks, 7 battle tanks

– November 16: 630 soldiers, 10 tanks, 24 battle tanks

– November 15: 710 soldiers, 13 tanks, 25 battle tanks

– November 14: 510 soldiers, 8 tanks, 6 battle tanks

– November 13: 650 soldiers, 2 tanks, 12 battle tanks

– November 12: 810 soldiers, 24 tanks, 34 battle tanks

– November 11: 710 soldiers, 10 tanks, 14 battle tanks, 1 helicopter.

– November 10: 740 soldiers, 3 tanks, 16 battle tanks

– November 9: 780 soldiers, 15 tanks, 12 battle tanks

– November 8: 710 soldiers, 15 tanks, 24 battle tanks, 1 plane.

– November 7: 530 soldiers, 6 tanks, 19 battle tanks

– November 6: 490 soldiers, 7 tanks, 10 battle tanks

– November 5: 600 soldiers, 8 tanks, 21 battle tanks, 2 helicopters.

– November 4: 840 soldiers, 16 tanks, 28 battle tanks

– November 3: 730 soldiers, 20 tanks, 27 battle tanks

– November 2: 800 soldiers, 16 tanks, 24 armored personnel carriers, 1 plane, 1 helicopter.

– November 1: 650 soldiers, 12 tanks, 16 battle tanks, 1 plane, 4 helicopters.

– October 31: 620 soldiers, 14 tanks, 32 battle tanks, 1 plane, 1 helicopter.

– October 30: 950 soldiers, 13 tanks, 52 battle tanks, 1 plane.

The head of the Pentagon claims that Russia is facing a “significant shortage” of ammunition

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also said on Wednesday that Russia was facing a “significant shortage” of ammunition for its artillery, which could limit its operations in Ukraine.

“The Russians had problems with logistics from the beginning” of the invasion of Ukraine and still have problems, the head of the Pentagon said, noting that Ukraine destroyed several stocks of Russian ammunition.

Russia used its artillery on a large scale, firing numerous missiles in the direction of Ukrainian forces ahead of the ground movement.

“A lot of ammunition is needed for such an operation. I’m not sure they have enough left to afford this kind of thing in the future,” Austin said. He added that Russia’s stockpile of precision-guided missiles had “declined significantly” in the nine months of war and Moscow would not be able to replace them quickly because of sanctions, especially against microprocessors.

On Wednesday, Russia fired about 70 cruise missiles at Ukraine, of which 51 were shot down, the Ukrainian military claims.

On the other hand, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says that Russia still has enough weapons.

“The opponents continue to meticulously calculate our launches and reserves. They are vainly betting on exhausting our capabilities. We have had enough,” former Russian President Dmytro Medvedev wrote on his Telegram account shortly before Russia launched another missile strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday.