Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Ukrainian army losses amounted to 8,000 soldiers last November.
The Russian official added that Ukrainian losses in November amounted to 5 aircraft, 10 helicopters, 149 tanks and about 300 armored vehicles.
This occurred during a video conference meeting with the Russian Defense Ministry on the course of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
Regarding the course of the battles in the Donbass region, Shoigu said that the Russian military continues to liberate Donbass from Ukrainian forces.
In November, Western media reports reported an increase in military and civilian death tolls on the Russian and Ukrainian sides.
In the latest toll of these losses since the war broke out last February, Washington revealed that the casualties of the Russia-Ukraine war have exceeded 200,000 soldiers.
According to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, he died during the war up to last November 9:
100 thousand dead and wounded Russian soldiers.
Probably 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
40 thousand Ukrainian civilians.
Convert between 15 and 30 million Ukrainians into refugees.
Milley’s statements provide the highest US estimate of the number of casualties so far in the conflict that has been going on for about 9 months, and comes at a time when the conflict between Ukraine and Russia could see a potential lull this winter , which, according to experts, can provide an opportunity to sit down at the negotiating table.
Russian and Ukrainian estimates
On Sept. 21, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said his forces had lost about 6,000 soldiers in battle since the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
Russian Defense Ministry data indicated, on Aug. 24, that its forces managed to destroy:
More than 4 thousand Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles.
About 400 aircraft, including fighters and helicopters.
Shoot down and destroy 1,650 drones.
Destroy hundreds of air defense platforms, especially the “Javelin” and “Nlau” models.
More than 200 US Himar missiles have been shot down in Ukraine.
33 American howitzers and 5 Harpoon anti-tank missile launchers were destroyed.
On the other hand, Kiev does not explicitly disclose the extent of its losses, but officials hint from time to time that it fluctuates between 50 and 200 soldiers a day, depending on the intensification of the battles and their map, while acknowledging the huge losses incurred in infrastructure, exceeding 750 billion dollars, as well as the displacement and refuge of millions of people in neighboring countries.
According to the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valeriy Zalogny, there are nearly 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war.
As for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, it revealed in a statistic it published of Russian losses up to October 13:
63,800 Russian soldiers were killed.
268 warplanes, 240 helicopters and 1,182 drones were shot down.
2511 tanks, 16 warships and 5167 military vehicles were destroyed.
1,556 artillery, 357 missile launchers and 183 air defense systems were destroyed.
Destroy other equipment and shoot down 316 cruise missiles.
