The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed $673 million worth of Russian equipment in 6 days, Forbes Ukraine reports.
For the advance of Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv and heavy losses by Russian forces, according to converging information from various sources, with the Ukrainian army having recaptured nearly 6,000 square kilometers, according to Kyiv.
Russian losses according to the data
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed $673 million worth of Russian equipment in 6 days, Forbes Ukraine reports, while according to the Kyiv Post newspaper, among others, the Russians have lost over of 53,000 soldiers since February 24, including over 2,170 tanks.
Elements of the Russian forces that retreated from the Kharkiv region last week belonged to the 1st Guards Armored Army under the Western (Russian) Military District, Britain’s Ministry of Defense says. The 1st Armored Army suffered heavy losses in the initial phase of the invasion and was not fully reconstituted before the Ukrainian counterattack on Kharkiv.
The 1st Guards Armored Army was among the most prestigious armies created for the defense of Moscow, and was intended to lead counterattacks in the scenario of a war with NATO.
With the 1st Guards Armored Army and other Western Military District formations severely eroded, Russia’s conventional force designed to counter NATO is severely weakened. It will likely take years for Russia to regain these military capabilities.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 13 September 2022
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Russia: “Despatch of Mi-35 helicopters to Izium”
“Crews of Mi-35 attack helicopters of the military aviation of the Western Military District carry out more than five missions a day during the ‘special operation’ to intercept a counterattack by the formations of the ‘Kiev regime’ towards Izium,” announced from on Tuesday the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“Major Denis Bulakh and Senior Lieutenant Sergey Yerslankin, as part of the crew of the Mi-35 attack helicopter of the air force of the Western Military District, performed air support duties for mechanized infantry units to interrupt Kiev’s counterattack with regime formations ‘ in the direction of Izium, carrying out more than five missions every day, day and night,” the Ministry of Defense explained.
“Having assessed the situation, the helicopter crew approached the identified targets at extremely low altitude and used firepower. As a result of the strike, the armored convoy and the enemy’s manpower development site were destroyed,” the ministry notes.
Zelensky: “We recaptured almost 6,000 square kilometers”
Ukraine’s military has recaptured nearly 6,000 square kilometers of territory controlled by Russian forces since early September, when it launched its counteroffensive, Ukraine’s president said early in the day. Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Since the beginning of September our soldiers have already liberated 6,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in the east and south and we are still advancing,” Zelensky said in a video posted on social media.
The Ukrainian president separately thanked three military units, whose “bravery” he praised during this operation which will lead, if the victories are consolidated, to the most important territorial gains for Ukraine since the withdrawal of Russian forces from the outskirts of Kiev in end of March.
The Ukrainian military initially announced a counter-offensive operation in the south, before last week making a rapid advance into Kharkiv province in the northeast, forcing Russian troops to withdraw to other positions.
It also says it has scored victories in the Russian-controlled Kherson region, which borders Moscow-annexed Crimea and eastern provinces that have been under the control of pro-Russian separatist rebels since 2014.
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