Rashists during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine lost 12 thousand 142 pieces of equipment for 16.56 billion dollars. USA without missiles.
The largest loss of the Russians was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, the cruiser Moskva, which was sunk in mid-April, the cost of which is estimated at 750 million dollars. This was announced today, August 24, according to Forbes.
Prior to “Moscow,” the Russians’ most expensive loss was an $86 million Il-76 large landing aircraft shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces over the Kiev region in late February.
Third in value was the large landing ship Saratov ($75 million), which was sunk as a result of a Ukrainian army attack on the port of occupied Berdyansk in March.
In general, the Top 10 largest losses of Russians per piece of equipment looks like this:
- missile cruiser Moskva – $750 million;
- Il-76 aircraft – $86 million;
- amphibious assault ship “Saratov” – $75 million;
- Su-30SM aircraft – $50 million;
- Su-34 aircraft – $40 million;
- Su-35 aircraft – $32 million;
- Il-22PP aircraft – $30 million;
- SAM “Tor-M2” – $25 million;
- vessel “Vasily Bekh” – 21 million dollars;
- OTRK “Iskander” – 21 million dollars.
The most significant (32.1%) part of the total losses of the Russian army was aviation – Russia lost 234 aircraft for 5.3 billion dollars.
This estimate does not include the value of missiles fired at Ukraine or shot down, as it is difficult to calculate their exact number. According to the General Staff, only in the first two months of the war, Russia used about 1.3 thousand missiles, the cost of which is estimated by experts at $7.5 billion.
At the beginning of the invasion, the Rashists actively used more expensive and more accurate Kalibr-type missiles and Iskander missile systems. However, in the middle of summer they began to switch to old models of missile weapons.
The most painful for the enemy was the first week of aggression – then Ukraine destroyed the equipment of the rashists for 2.2 billion dollars. USA. It is noted that the cost of destroyed equipment decreases over time due to the depletion of the Russian army and the reduction of front sections where the offensive is underway.
Source: Forbes
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