Daily Update: Russia Loses 1,010 Troops and One Helicopter in One Day

Russian forces suffered 1,010 personnel losses over the past 24 hours, along with one helicopter and dozens of artillery systems, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on February 21.

According to the update, total Russian combat losses since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, are estimated as follows:

Personnel—approximately 1,258,890 (+1,010);

Tanks—11,685 (+1);

Armored combat vehicles—24,063 (+3);

Artillery systems—37,429 (+42);

MLRS—1,651 (+2);

Air defense systems—1,303 (0);

Aircraft—435 (0);

Helicopters—348 (+1);

Operational-tactical UAVs—140,408 (+1,527);

Cruise missiles—4,314 (0);

Ships/boats—29 (0);

Submarines—2 (0);

Vehicles and fuel tankers—79,295 (+183);

Special equipment—4,073 (0).

The General Staff also reported 175 combat engagements along the front line over the past day, including 26 assaults in the Kostiantynivka direction and 39 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector.

Russian forces carried out five airstrikes in the North Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, dropping six guided aerial bombs. They also conducted 72 shelling attacks in that sector, including two using multiple launch rocket systems.

Across the front, Ukrainian defense forces continue to repel assaults in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Sloviansk, Huliaipole, and Orikhiv directions, while no offensive group formations were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces are suffering heavy losses for minimal territorial gains, adding that the Kremlin has failed to present any real battlefield successes to its citizens.

Current reports indicate that Russia is losing between 30,000 and 35,000 soldiers every month through deaths or serious injuries.

Regarding the cost of the fighting, the President added, “They truly pay with the lives of 156 people to occupy one kilometer of our land. And we also have our offensive steps, and then they lose it.”

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