Over 14000 Russian personnel killed, 476 tanks destroyed: Ukraine

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently shared information on the “losses of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, March 20” on Twitter. 

The post features information on military personnel and equipment with the hashtags ‘StopRussianAggression’, ‘RussiaInvadedUkraine’ and ‘UkraineUnderAttack’. 

According to the post, 14,700 Russian personnel have been killed during the war.

Besides the fatalities, Russia has lost 1,487 armoured vehicles of various types, 947 vehicles, 476 tanks, 230 artillery pieces, 118 helicopters, 96 aircrafts, 74 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System), 60 cisterns, 44 anti-aircraft warfare systems, 21 UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), 12 special equipment and 3 vessels. 

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , Ukraine is “littered with corpses of the Russian soldiers”.

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 “Ukrainians have proven they can fight more professionally than an army that has been waging wars for decades in various regions and conditions. We respond with wisdom and courage to the great number of their equipment and soldiers sent to Ukraine,” Zekensky said in a video address. 

On Saturday, Oleksiy Danilov, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary, said that the country is set to load up on its weaponry, thanks to a new shipment of US weapons. The shipment will include Stinger and Javelin missiles. 

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 “The (weapons) will be on our country’s territory in the near future. We’re talking about days here,” Danilov said. 

With Ukraine’s allies stepping up, Russia has sent a warning to the West. 

“We warned the US that pumping weapons into Ukraine from a number of countries orchestrated by them is not only a risky move but also an action that turns the corresponding convoys into legitimate targets,” Sergey Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister said, according to Russian state news agency TASS.