Ukraine Has Destroyed Russian Military Equipment Worth $16.6-B: Forbes

During the six months of the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russians lost 12,142 vehicles and equipment worth $16.56 billion without missiles.

Photo Insert: A screenshot of footage of a Russian tank being destroyed by the Ukrainian military.

The Moskva cruiser, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, became the biggest loss of the occupiers so far, Dana Hordiichuk reported for Ukrainska Pravda.

The biggest loss of the occupiers was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the $750-million missile cruiser Moskva, sunk by Ukraine’s Neptune missiles in mid-April. The second most expensive Russian loss was a large Il-76 strategic airlifter worth $86 million shot down over Vasylkiv in Kyiv region in late February.

The third most expensive was Saratov, the $75 million large landing ship. The Ukrainian army hit the ship while it was in the port of occupied Berdiansk, where it was delivering military equipment, the US business magazine also reported.

Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian equipment and ships worth $165 million while fighting for Zmiinyi (Snake) Island and the surrounding waters. The list includes eight surface-to-air missile systems of various kinds, such as Tor, Pantsir and Strela types worth more than $100 million in total.

Over the course of six months, Ukrainian forces sank 15 Russian ships worth $82 million. In total, Russia lost 234 aircraft worth US$5.3 billion; this became the most significant part (32.1%) of the total losses of the Russian army.

The explosions at the Saky military airfield in Crimea on 9 August, which Kyiv did not officially claim any responsibility for, simultaneously destroyed nine Russian military aircraft. This became the largest loss of Russian aviation over 24 hours since World War II.

Among the destroyed aircraft are Su-30SM fighter jets and Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft that are worth approximately $230 million combined. There was also a large Il-76 cargo plane at the airfield, but it probably managed to fly away before the explosions occurred.

The occupiers suffered the greatest losses in the first week of the aggression. Within that period, Ukraine destroyed US$2.2 billion worth of enemy equipment.

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