Russia Loses 1,610 Troops, 22 Artillery Systems in a Day: Ukraine

The Russian military suffered 1,610 casualties and the loss of 22 artillery systems within the last day, according to figures released by Ukrainian authorities.

The latest report, posted to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine’s official X, formerly Twitter, page, added that six tanks, 114 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 111 vehicles were lost over the same time frame.

If accurate, this would bring Moscow’s total loss of military personnel, tanks, artillery systems and UAVs to 732,350, 9429, 20,787 and 19,480 respectively.

Russia does not publicize its military losses and analysts are skeptical of reports from both sides.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment via email.

Earlier this month, Russian troops suffered the highest number of casualties in a single day since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine began.

Moscow lost 1,950 troops on November 11, Ukraine reported. This came only one day after Kyiv said 1,770 troops were lost by Moscow, for a total of 3,720 casualties sustained over both days.

Newsweek has previously examined Russian troop, tank and artillery losses so far in 2024, drawing on figures from Ukrainian authorities.

October was the deadliest month overall for Russian troops, Kyiv said, with 41,980 casualties reported.

As for tanks, the worst month for Russian forces was May, during which Ukraine reported 428 destroyed. Last month, Kyiv said 279 Russian tanks were lost.

For artillery systems, losses peaked in July, with 1,520, followed closely by another 1,517 in August. Last month, 1,184 were reportedly destroyed.

On Sunday, Ukraine’s General Staff said that Kyiv’s forces hit an advanced Russian air-defense system in the border Kursk region.

Kyiv said it struck the radar of the S-400 surface-to-air battery, considered to be broadly equivalent to the U.S. military’s Patriot air-defense system, overnight. Each system costs around $200 million, an expert with the London-based Royal United Services Institute defense think tank previously told Newsweek.

The strike followed the U.S.’ decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range weaponry to strike targets in Russian territory, lifting a restriction that had previously been placed on Kyiv’s forces. The decision followed reports that North Korea would be bolstering Moscow’s army with troops.

Moscow has since retaliated with a hypersonic missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, which targeted a military facility.

The strike involved the experimental Oreshnik hypersonic missile, an intermediate-range weapon reportedly adaptable for both nuclear and conventional warheads.

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