Ukraine numbers about 15,300 Russian soldiers killed in the war

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Lviv, Ukraine, 22 Mar The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces today estimated 15,300 Russian soldiers killed in almost a month since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In addition, Russian troops lost 509 tanks 1,556 armored combat vehicles, 252 artillery systems, 80 multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS) and 45 air defense systems. The list of losses by the Russian side published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook completes 99 aircraft, 123 helicopters, 100 vehicles, three ships, seventy fuel tankers, 35 operational tactical unmanned aerial vehicles and 15 special teams. Meanwhile, according to his Twitter account, journalist from the Kyiv Independent news portal Ilia Ponomarenko, the daily “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, close to the Kremlin, today published that according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, there were 9,861 casualties in Russia's “special operation” in Ukraine. The reporter, who shares a snapshot of the information, claims that it was deleted minutes later from the Russian newspaper's website. It can be read that “according to preliminary calculations of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine and until March 20, the Armed Forces of Russia lost 96 aircraft, 118 helicopters and 14,700 soldiers.” “The Russian Ministry of Defence denies the General Staff's information about these alleged large-scale losses. According to data from the Russian Ministry of Defense, during the course of the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian armed forces lost 9,861 people, and another 16,153 were injured,” adds the captured text. On March 2, the Ministry of Defense admitted the death of 498 Russian soldiers in addition to 1,597 wounded soldiers. “Unfortunately, among our comrades participating in the special military operation there are losses. 498 Russian soldiers died in the line of duty. We offer all possible help to the family of the fallen,” Russian Defense Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. CHIEF int-egw/jam/jgb