With the numbers of total destroyed IFVs quickly approaching 15,000 units, the russian invasion army loses more manpower and equipment in battles against the Ukrainian Defense Forces. On the morning of May 31st, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shares an update on the combat losses of the russian forces. Defense Express has compiled them in our infographic:
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More specifically, with the losses over the past 24 hours highlighted in brackets, russian forces have lost from February 2022 to date:
- Personnel – 507,650 (+1,390) people,
- Tanks – 7,728 (+18) units,
- Armored Personnel Vehicles – 14,935 (+22) units,
- Artillery systems – 13,140 (+39) units,
- MLRS – 1,088 (+0) units,
- Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 815 (+0) units,
- Aircraft – 357 (+0) units,
- Helicopters – 326 (+0) units,
- Operational-tactical level UAVs – 10,587 (+55) units,
- Cruise missiles – 2,229 (+7) units,
- Boats / warships – 27 (+0) units,
- Submarines – 1 (+0),
- Special equipment – 2,164 (+11) units,
- Vehicles and fuel tanks – 17,905 (+56) units.
Data are being updated.
Here's the brief of the most important events happened over the past day:
Ukraine's Forces Strike russian Ferry Crossing in Temporarily Occupied Crimea
The AFU General Staff officially confirmed the ATACMS missile attack on russian ferry crossing in Crimea overnight May 30th, hitting two ferries, one of them blocking the crossing entirely
Nestryha Island Under Attack: russia Seeks Advantage Before Ukraine Peace Summit
The russian forces launched an offensive on a strategic island in the river bed of Dnipro as tensions rise ahead of the First Peace Summit for Ukraine set to take place on June 15–16
Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Launches Magura V5 Sea Drone Attack, Affecting Four russian Boats
Two of the struck KS-701 Tunets high-speed transport-landing boats were sunk, the other two damaged. By the way, the numbers are not reflected in the casualty statistics until confirmed
Read more: Signs that Ukraine Prepares to Attack russia's Territory with Long-Range Missiles, Appeared
