Russia Lost 1300 Troops, 48 Artillery Systems, 125 Vehicles in a Day: Kyiv

Russia lost 48 artillery systems and a total of 125 vehicles in a single day, Ukraine's military said on Thursday.

Among the various types of vehicles lost, according to Kyiv, were 22 tanks, 40 APVs and 63 fuel tanks and other vehicles.

The figures were provided by the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, which posts estimates of Russia's troop and equipment losses daily. Its latest update said Russia lost 1,300 soldiers over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 515,000.

Moscow has lost a total of 13,433 artillery systems, 15,076 armored combat vehicles, 7,828 tanks, 18,360 vehicles and fuel tanks, 357 military jets and 326 helicopters in the ongoing war, Kyiv's military said.

Neither Ukraine nor Russia releases detailed or regular casualty numbers. Newsweek has not independently verified these figures and has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment by email.

The casualty numbers have been high on both sides these past few months, particularly after Russia kick-started an offensive in the Kharkiv region on May 10, seizing a number of villages on Ukraine's northeastern frontier, and forcing thousands of civilians to flee.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russian losses during its Kharkiv offensive were eight times higher than Ukraine's. Newsweek could not independently verify the claim.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said in a statement on June 1 that Russia lost 38,904 troops in the month of May, marking "the highest monthly number since the beginning of the full-scale invasion."

"The occupiers in Ukraine have two options: return to their land or be buried in ours!" the defense ministry said in a post on its social-media channels.

Estimates of casualty numbers vary, with Ukraine's figures usually exceeding those of its Western allies. Moscow rarely shares information on the number of casualties it has sustained in the war. In September 2022, former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 5,937 troops had been killed since the war began.

However, in a rare statement on losses in Ukraine war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference on Wednesday that the ratio of "irretrievable losses" between Russia and Ukraine was one to five in favor of Moscow. He didn't elaborate on the exact figures.

Kyiv, like Moscow, does not provide updated information on its war casualties. A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessment leaked in April 2023 said that Ukraine had suffered 124,500 to 131,000 casualties, including 15,500 to 17,500 dead.

Russia's Defense Ministry said in its latest update on Wednesday that its military has so far destroyed 610 Ukrainian aircraft, 274 helicopters, 25,177 unmanned aerial vehicles, 527 anti-aircraft missile systems, 16,264 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,330 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 10,124 pieces of field artillery and mortars, as well as 22,286 units of special military vehicles.

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