{"id":46786,"date":"2022-03-11T23:32:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T22:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=46786"},"modified":"2026-03-11T01:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:50:46","slug":"the-figures-of-the-russian-military-disaster-in-the-first-15-days-of-the-invasion-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/03\/11\/the-figures-of-the-russian-military-disaster-in-the-first-15-days-of-the-invasion-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The figures of the Russian military disaster in the first 15 days of the invasion of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Friday marks 15 days since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the loss figures show a disastrous balance for the invaders.<\/p>\n

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At the time of publishing these lines, according to the latest data published by Oryxspioenkop.com<\/a> (which is documenting with photos the losses of both sides since the beginning of the invasion), the Russians have already lost 1,104 military vehicles<\/strong>, of which 455 have been destroyed, 14 damaged, 171 abandoned and 464 captured. In total, the Russians have already lost 190 tanks<\/strong>, of which 85 have been captured by the Ukrainians. Most of these losses are taken by the T-72s: Russia has lost 106 in total (of different variants). However, the figures also include 60 T-80s of various types and 14 T-90s. Likewise, the shooting down of 12 Russian planes<\/strong> (11 of them fighter planes), 4 drones and 13 helicopters, and the destruction of 2 logistics trains<\/strong> have been documented.<\/p>\n

The same source has also documented the loss of 303 Ukrainian military vehicles<\/strong>, of which 115 have been destroyed, 5 damaged, 45 abandoned and 138 captured. In total, the Ukrainians have lost 54 tanks<\/strong>, of which 52 were T-64BVs and 2 were T-80BVs. The aforementioned website has also documented the loss of planes, 4 drones, 1 helicopter and two Ukrainian ships<\/strong> (one of them, a frigate sunk by the Ukrainians themselves to avoid being captured by the Russians).<\/p>\n

Russia has not updated the casualty figures it offered a week ago. Ukraine published this Wednesday figures of Russian casualties and losses<\/strong> (via The Kyiv Independent<\/a>), surely exaggerated to a greater or lesser extent as part of war propaganda:<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, a US official estimated Russian casualties in Ukraine between 5,000 and 6,000<\/a>, noting that the number of wounded Russian soldiers could range between 15,000 and 18,000. The same source put the Ukrainian military dead at between 2,000 and 4,000.<\/strong> Likewise, today the UN has indicated<\/a> that between February 24 and midnight on March 10, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) registered 1,546 civilian casualties in Ukraine.<\/strong> These casualties are divided as follows:<\/p>\n