Since the beginning of the war against Ukraine, the Russian army has already lost about 28,850 soldiers, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said..

Total enemy combat losses from 24. 02 to 21. 05 tentatively amounted to:.

personnel - about 28,850 (+150) people liquidated;

tanks? 1,278 (+15) units;

armored combat vehicles - 3,116 (+26) units;

artillery systems - 596 (+0) units;

MLRS - 201 (+1) units;

air defense systems - 93 (+0) units;

aircraft - 204 (+0) units;

helicopters - 169 (+1) units;

UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 462 (+2);

cruise missiles - 104 (+1);

ships/boats - 13 (+0) units;

automotive equipment and tank trucks - 2,178 (+16) units;

special equipment -? 43 (+0).

“The greatest losses of the enemy over the past day were observed in the Bakhmut direction. The data is being specified,"

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Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, former commander of US Ground Forces Europe, believes that by late summer or early autumn, Russian forces will decline, and Ukraine will have enough counteroffensive potential to push the enemy at least to the line of engagement on February 23.

He explained that the occupiers failed to achieve all their goals. In particular, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has shown itself as a corrupt institution, and their soldiers as killers using weapons against civilian objects..