Russia Lost 213 Vehicles in Ukraine in Single Day: Kyiv

Russia has lost 213 vehicles, including tanks, armored fighting vehicles, cars, and cisterns in Ukraine on February 11, according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

As the war with Ukraine has escalated, Russia’s losses have also continued to exponentially increase, and the loss of more than 200 vehicles is one of the highest such losses in one day since the war began.

Newsweek reached out to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for comment via email.

Why It Matters

Russia’s increasing loss of vehicles will likely be unsustainable, and Moscow’s soldiers may not be able to continue fighting in the war with Ukraine without the necessary equipment.

Nearly three years into the war with Kyiv, an independent publication’s analysis found that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “ground down” his military’s Soviet-era stockpiles of equipment, and Moscow has depleted more than half its military equipment.

What To Know

Since the war began in February 2022, Ukraine says that Russia has lost a total of 67,665 vehicles, which include 10,014 tanks, 20,844 armored fighting vehicles, and 36,807 vehicles and fuel tanks. Newsweek has yet to verify these figures.

Russia’s previous highest vehicle losses in a single day include 194 vehicles on November 14; 159 vehicles on September 26; and 148 vehicles on October 16.

Moscow’s losses steadily rose from March of 2024 onward and peaked in January 2025, with 2,954 vehicles lost during that month, according to Armed Forces of Ukraine’s figures. It is very difficult to independently verify vehicle losses along the hundreds of miles of front lines.

While Russia’s losses of tanks per month have decreased since October 2023, their losses of armored fighting vehicles have remained high since then and only began to decrease in December 2024.

Russia’s loss of tanks recently reached a new milestone, surpassing 10,000 on February 10. Overall, the Russia-Ukraine war has resulted in the largest loss of Moscow’s equipment in 80 years.

The Washington D.C.- based think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) previously said that the increasing loss of armored vehicles may be impacting Russia’s offensive on certain parts of the front line, specifically their progress in Kursk.

The ISW noted in a Russian offensive campaign assessment on February 6 that Moscow’s soldiers were utilizing four-wheelers and buggies for transport. The think tank added: “Successful and costly Ukrainian strikes against Russian armored vehicles in the area may have prompted Russian forces to use less-costly, alternative modes of transport more frequently.”

What People Are Saying

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted Russia’s latest losses in the war along with the caption: “‘There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success’-Bear Bryant.”

The ISW previously wrote on X: “Ukrainian forces reportedly destroyed or damaged over 3,000 Russian tanks and almost 9,000 armored vehicles in 2024 as Russia continues to accrue vehicle losses that are likely unsustainable in the medium-term. Russian forces have reportedly been using fewer armored vehicles in assaults in the most active areas of the front line in recent weeks, possibly in order to conserve these vehicles as Soviet stocks dwindle.”

In a military balance blog, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based think tank, discussed Russia’s remaining equipment and wrote: “Equipment remaining in storage is highly likely to be in a deteriorated condition, which may make it difficult for Russia to deliver enough equipment to offset previous attrition rates.”

What Happens Next

It is unknown how long Russia will be able to continue fighting in the conflict with Ukraine with decreasing amounts of vehicles available for soldiers to use, and little stockpiles left to pull from. Unless Russia or Ukraine find a way to “drastically increase domestic military production or gain access to allied stockpiles of military hardware,” the war will likely slow down, according to the Russian outlet The Insider.