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On Saturday, the Ukrainian armed forces said on its Facebook page that Russia had lost an additional 25 tanks, taking the total number of such vehicles reportedly destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24 to 2,034.
In its daily update, Ukraine also said that Russia now had lost a total of 4,403 combat armored machines, with 37 destroyed on a single day. "The opponent suffered the biggest losses in the Donetsk and Kryvyi Rih directions," its Facebook statement said, referring to the center and east of the country.
The U.K. Ministry of Defence in May said that Russia was losing a large number of tanks and that Moscow had taken 50-year-old T-62 tanks out of storage to be used by its Southern Grouping of Forces (SGF).
Meanwhile, the death toll of Russian troops is also nearing 50,000, according to the latest Ukrainian figures, which said that a further 350 had been killed, taking the total to 49,050.
An accurate figure of losses of Russian troops and equipment is difficult to verify. Moscow rarely discloses its military losses and it last officially released figures of 1,351 troops killed at the end of March. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Defense Ministry for comment on Ukraine's latest estimates.
On Saturday, the Ukrainian armed forces said on its Facebook page that Russia had lost an additional 25 tanks, taking the total number of such vehicles reportedly destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24 to 2,034.
In its daily update, Ukraine also said that Russia now had lost a total of 4,403 combat armored machines, with 37 destroyed on a single day. "The opponent suffered the biggest losses in the Donetsk and Kryvyi Rih directions," its Facebook statement said, referring to the center and east of the country.
The U.K. Ministry of Defence in May said that Russia was losing a large number of tanks and that Moscow had taken 50-year-old T-62 tanks out of storage to be used by its Southern Grouping of Forces (SGF).
Meanwhile, the death toll of Russian troops is also nearing 50,000, according to the latest Ukrainian figures, which said that a further 350 had been killed, taking the total to 49,050.
An accurate figure of losses of Russian troops and equipment is difficult to verify. Moscow rarely discloses its military losses and it last officially released figures of 1,351 troops killed at the end of March. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Defense Ministry for comment on Ukraine's latest estimates.
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