Since the beginning of the war against Ukraine, Russia has already lost about 17.5 thousand soldiers, more than 600 tanks, 135 aircraft and more than 1,700 armored combat vehicles, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports..

Total enemy combat losses from 24. 02 to 31. 03 tentatively amounted to:.

personnel - about 17,500 people;

tanks - 614 units;

armored combat vehicles - 1,735 units;

artillery systems - 311 units;

MLRS - 96 units;

air defense systems - 54 units;

aircraft - 135 units;

helicopters - 131;

automotive equipment - 1 201;

ships / boats - 7 units;

tanks with fuel and lubricants - 75;

UAV operational-tactical level - 83;

special equipment - 22;

launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.

" The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities,” the General Staff noted..

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According to Ukrainian intelligence, mass refusals of Russian military personnel to participate in the war against Ukraine continue.. A few days ago, almost the entire personnel of one of the battalion tactical groups (two motorized rifle companies and a mortar battery), which were formed from the 4th military base of the RF Armed Forces (military unit 66431, g. Tskhinval, South Ossetia) and were involved in the Donetsk direction, refused to participate in military aggression against Ukraine.