The Russian army lost around 1,370 troops in the war against Ukraine over the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the morning of 17 July. The report also stated that one helicopter, 65 artillery systems, seven multiple launch rocket systems and 1,879 operational-tactical-level drones had been lost. The figures are being verified.
Briefly about the main points
- The General Staff has estimated Russia’s daily casualties at 1,370 troops.
- The report states that a Russian helicopter was lost.
- According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia has lost 65 artillery systems.
- The largest increase in equipment was accounted for by 1,879 operational-tactical UAVs.
- On 16 July, the General Staff recorded 199 combat engagements.
Updated assessment of losses
Pros. data According to the General Staff, Russia has lost around 1,425,990 military personnel since the start of the full-scale invasion. This is an operational assessment by the Ukrainian command, which may be revised in the future.
Among the other reported daily losses were four tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, four air defence systems, 13 ground-based robotic systems, three cruise missiles and four pieces of specialist equipment. The number of ships, boats, submarines and aircraft lost, as reported in the morning update, remained unchanged.
Drones and motor vehicles
The largest daily increases in the report were recorded for operational-tactical-level drones — 1,879 units — and motor vehicles and tankers — 489. The total reported number of UAVs of this class lost by Russia has reached 412,884, whilst the number of vehicles and tankers stands at 121,216.
Compared with morning briefing On 16 July, the estimated number of personnel losses rose from 1,340 to 1,370. The reported number of artillery systems destroyed remained virtually unchanged: 65 compared with 66 the previous day.
The intensity of the fighting on 16 July
In its evening update for 16 July, the General Staff reported 199 combat engagements since the start of the day. According to this data, Russian forces carried out one missile strike using eight missiles, carried out 54 air strikes using 171 guided bombs, deployed 6,076 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,041 shelling attacks on positions and populated areas.
The command recorded the highest number of attacks — 25 — in the Pokrovsk sector. There was also heavy fighting in the Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka, Pivdenno-Slobozhanskyi and Huliaipil sectors. These figures reflect the course of hostilities as at 22:00 on 16 July and do not represent a breakdown of the morning’s casualty estimates by sector.
