Russia Loses 1180 Troops, Two Warplanes, 69 Artillery Systems in a Day: Kyiv
Russia continues to pay a high cost in troops and equipment during its full-scale invasion, according to Kyiv, the recent figures of which outline losses of several dozen artillery systems—as well as two warplanes.
Sunday's update by Ukraine's military noted how two aircraft had been among the equipment losses Russia had suffered over the previous day.
This followed what Ukraine's General Staff said was a drone strike on the Morozovsk airfield, aRussian militarybase in the Rostov region near the Ukrainian border, which is home to Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-34 glide bombers.
Kyiv said that the strikes hit warehouses filled with ammunition, including those hosting guided aerial bombs which Moscow has used on Ukraine for months.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said footage of secondary explosions near the airfield was consistent with strikes against an ammunition depot. Without specifying which ones in its figures, Ukraine said that Russia had lost two planes that day, taking the total aircraft losses for the war to 365.
Kyiv has also hit air bases in Crimea, with Ukrainian navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk recently saying that two Russian air bases in the occupied peninsula "are effectively without planes."
Also among Ukraine's recent tallies was its Monday update which said that Russia had lost 69 artillery systems, taking the total since the start of the war to 16,345.
However, the last three months have been "the costliest" since the start of the war, the British MOD said.
