Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has lost almost 23,000 soldiers, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Total enemy combat losses from 24. 02 to 28. 04 tentatively amounted to:.

personnel - about 22,800 (+400) people liquidated;

tanks - 970 (+31) units;

armored combat vehicles - 2,389 (+47) units;

artillery systems - 431 (+10) units;

MLRS - 151 (+2) units;

air defense systems - 72 (+1) units;

aircraft - 187 (+2) units;

helicopters - 155 units;

automotive equipment - 1,688 (+22) units;

ships/boats - 8 units;

tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76 units;

UAV operational-tactical level - 215 (+8);

special equipment / special equipment -? 31;

launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.

According to the General Staff, the greatest losses of the enemy over the past day were observed in the Zaporozhye and Izyum directions..

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Earlier, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that since the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the aggressor has lost 580 tanks..

Experts point out that Russian tanks suffer from a design flaw that the Western military has been aware of for decades and which is called the “hell-in-the-box effect.”. However, the Russian military-industrial complex continues to stubbornly reproduce this defect..

The problem is how tank ammunition is stored. Unlike modern Western tanks, Russians carry several shells in their turret.. This makes them very vulnerable, since even an indirect hit from an anti-tank missile causes a detonation that detonates all their ammunition - up to 40 rounds..