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The total combat losses of the enemy from February 24 to March 7 (inclusive) are approximately 12 thousand «manpower», 303 units of tanks and 1,036 armoured combat vehicles. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the past day alone, March 7, Ukrainian troops shot down three Russian fighters, one helicopter, and destroyed a «winged» missile, according to the Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is noted that we are talking about the fighter planes, «which, according to the Russian military leadership, have long been destroyed.»
In addition to Russian fighter planes and a helicopter, one of them was shot down by a National Guard serviceman in the Kharkiv region, and the other two near Kyiv were shot down by an anti-aircraft missile unit and an aviation fighter of the Air Force. The Russian «winged» missile was shot by a Ukrainian fighter plane.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine added that during the fighting near Kharkiv, Ukrainian defenders killed Vitaliy Gerasimov – a Russian military leader, major general, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia. A number of senior Russian army officers were also killed and wounded.
In total, the occupiers lost:
- artillery systems – 120 units,
- MLRS – 56 units,
- air defense means – 27 units,
- aircraft – 48 units,
- helicopters – 80 units,
- automotive equipment – 474 units,
- ships / boats – 3 units,
- fuel tanks – 60,
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UAV operational and tactical level – 7.
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It will be recalled that on the thirteenth day of the heroic confrontation of the Ukrainian people against the Russian military invasion, the enemy continued the offensive, but the pace of advance of his troops slowed down considerably. The occupiers are demoralized and increasingly looting and violating the rules of international humanitarian law on military conflict.
Translated by Vitalii Holich
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