Russia loses 19 tanks and armoured vehicles in a single day

Russia has faced considerable loss of tanks and armoured vehicles following the actions of the Ukrainian forces, according to reports.

“Ukrainska Pravda”, a Ukrainian newspaper, reported that on Saturday the Kiev forces were successful in destroying eight tanks and 11 armoured vehicles.

This report comes after a post by Ukraine's Army Forces General Staff Facebook.

The message underlined Ukrainian assessments of the total losses Russia has faced since the beginning of the conflict on February 24th, also underlining recent additions.

According to the post, a total of 43,550 of the Russian military personnel were killed and 150 others killed on Saturday.

A total of 1,864 tanks were destroyed with 8 additional tanks destroyed on Saturday. Also 4,126 armoured weapons have been destroyed, he said.

In addition, five USV-tax operations, three vehicles and fuel tanks, two artillery systems and one helicopter, were destroyed on 13 August, according to Ukraine.

The post also stressed that 261 multiproliferation missile systems, 136 air defence systems, 233 aircraft, 194 helicopters, 980 artillery systems, 187 navigation missiles, 15 ships/varka, 3,039 vehicles and fuel tankers, 91 vehicles and other Russian equipment were destroyed due to Ukrainian forces' work.

By contrast, Russia has continued with bomabride today, causing casualties and material damage.