Russia now suffering biggest losses in Ukraine since invasion, military intelligence says
Russia is suffering heavy losses of manpower and equipment in the war against Ukraine (Photo:Ministry of Defence of Ukraine)
Russian troops are currently suffering the biggest losses since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Military Intelligence spokesperson Andriy Yusov said on Ukrainian national television on Feb. 15.
According to Yusov, Russian forces are desperately trying to occupy the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Donbas by late March.
However, Donbas, in particular the town of Bakhmut, are holding the field, he emphasized.
Yusov added that Russia has a significant mobilization reserve.
“Yes, often poorly armed and poorly trained (soldiers), but there are many of them,” he said.
“But this does not stop the Ukrainian defense forces. There are plans and mechanisms for responding to all challenges.”
According to Ukraine’s General Staff, Russia has already lost almost 140,000 of its military personnel and thousands of pieces of military equipment since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. television channel CNN reported on Feb. 9, with reference to the Oryx open-source monitoring group, that Russia has potentially lost up to half of its operational tank fleet since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The group said it has verified 1,000 distinct Russian tank losses in the war – with 544 Russian tanks captured by Ukrainian forces, 79 of them damaged, and 65 abandoned.
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