Ukraine melder om 1.560 russiske soldaters tab på ét døgn
Ukraines generalstab oplyser, at russiske styrker tabte 1.560 soldater og en række militære køretøjer og systemer i løbet af det seneste døgn. Samlet sætter generalstaben tabene siden invasionens start til cirka 1.568.720 soldater. Der blev registreret 206 kamphandlinger, mens russerne blandt andet gennemførte 63 luftangreb og brugte 8.784 kamikazedroner.
Hovedpunkter
- Russiske styrker tabte 1.560 soldater i løbet af det seneste døgn.
- Generalskabets samlede tab siden 24. februar 2022 er cirka 1.568.720 soldater.
- Der blev ødelagt 9 kampvogne, 5 pansrede køretøjer og 42 artillerisystemer.
- Ukraine ødelagde 1.578 operationeltaktiske droner, heraf bringinge den samlede til 571.572.
- Generalskabet registrerede 206 kamphandlinger i løbet af døgnet.
- Russerne gennemførte 63 luftangreb, ét raketangreb og anvendte 8.784 kamikazedroner.
- Generalskabet oplyser, at tabstallene fortsat kan blive justeret.
Hvorfor det er vigtigt
Det daglige tabstal fra Ukraines generalstab er en vigtig offentlig kilde til vurderingen af russernes tab i krigen. Sammen med de løbende og samlede tab for soldater og militært udstyr viser opgørelsen også, at dronerkrigførelsen spiller en знач role: 1.578 droner were reported destroyed in a single day. Alternative estimates from BBC, Mediazona and NATO place Russian losses substantially lower, showing that the full scale of losses remains disputed.
Hvad der skete
Generalskabet for Ukraines væbnede styrker published its morning update for 20 October, covering the previous day. It reported 1,560 Russian personnel losses, bringing the estimated cumulative total since the beginning of the full-scale invasion to approximately 1,568,720. The reported daily equipment losses included 9 tanks, 5 combat armored vehicles, 42 artillery systems, 3 multiple launch rocket systems, 12 ground robotic complexes, 1,578 operational-tactical UAVs, 4 cruise missiles, 293 vehicles and fuel tankers, and 4 units of special equipment. Cumulative equipment losses also included 1,714 air defense assets, 449 aircraft, 356 helicopters, 35 ships and boats, and 2 submarines. The General Staff said the figures were subject to clarification. The same update reported 206 combat clashes, 63 airstrikes, one missile strike, 217 guided bombs, 8,784 kamikaze drones, and 2,607 shellings of settlements and Ukrainian positions. Ukrainian aviation, missile troops and artillery struck an enemy drone-control point and two areas where enemy personnel were concentrated.
Baggrund
Russia last officially disclosed its own casualty figures in September 2022, when it acknowledged 5,937 dead. A joint investigation by the BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, published on 9 October, identified at least 276,113 Russian military deaths by name using open sources, including more than 7,800 officers; it covered only deaths that could be identified. NATO has estimated that real Russian military losses could reach up to roughly half a million. These estimates are lower than the Ukrainian General Staff's cumulative figure. Ukrainian loss figures have also varied: President Volodymyr Zelensky said on 30 July that Ukraine had lost 50,000 soldiers, with roughly 400,000 wounded and a large number missing; in February, he cited 55,000 dead. A July study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated combined Russian and Ukrainian killed and wounded above two million since the full-scale invasion began.