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Our Ukraine blog features daily updates from three sources to help our members better understand the battlefield.
– The Ukraine Defense Ministry’s daily tally of damage inflicted on Russian forces;
– The Russian Defense Ministry’s daily tally of damage inflicted on Ukrainian forces;
– The Institute for the Study of War’s (ISW) – a Washington DC-based think tank’s – summary of the day’s events.
Russian statistics appear to be highly exaggerated, but by comparing the official statements day-to-day, it’s possible to spot the major trends in the war. Ukrainian data for Russians killed-in-action are considerably higher than data issued by Western defense intelligence agencies, but Western governments routinely cite a wide range of other Ukrainian assessments of the battlefield, so it isn’t clear to what extent Ukrainian assessments are inflated.
The ISW’s analyses have hewed close to the course of events and have often proved prescient about developments as they evolve.
Our goal is to enable our members to form their own judgements about the course of the war through examining these three resources.
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Institute for the Study of War: Russia blames Ukraine for multiple drone attacks on Moscow
Institute for the Study of War
Russia claimed that Ukraine conducted a series of drone strikes against Moscow on May 30 as Russia again targeted Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed drones. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) accused Ukraine of attacking Moscow with eight drones on the morning of May 30, and claimed that Russian forces shot down five of the drones and…
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Ukraine General Staff:410 Russian troops killed in 24 hours
Ukraine Defense Ministry
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 30.05.2023 were approximately: personnel ‒ about 207440 (+410) persons, tanks ‒ 3802 (+1), APV ‒ 7469 (+2), artillery systems – 3445 (+10), MLRS – 575, Anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 332 (+1), aircraft – 313, helicopters – 298, UAV operational-tactical level – 3092 (+38), cruise missiles…
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Russian Ministry of Defense: 340 Ukrainian troops killed in 24 hours
Russian Defense Ministry
During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out group strikes using long-range precision air-based weapons against central decision-making points where terrorist attacks against Russian territory were being planned under the guidance of Western intelligence experts. All the assigned targets have been engaged. ️ In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces…
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Institute for the Study of War: Russia steps up missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces conducted another series of strikes against Ukraine with cruise missiles and Iranian-made drones overnight on May 28 to 29 and during the day on May 29. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces launched 40 Kh-101/Kh-555 air-based cruise missiles and 38 Shahed-131/136 drones on the night of May 28 to 29 and 11…
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Ukraine General Staff: 430 Russian troops killed in 24 hours
Ukraine Defense Ministry
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 29.05.2023 were approximately: personnel ‒ about 207030 (+430) persons, tanks ‒ 3801 (+4), APV ‒ 7467 (+11), artillery systems – 3435 (+10), MLRS – 575 (+1), Anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 331 (+2), aircraft – 313, helicopters – 298, UAV operational-tactical level – 3054 (+61), cruise…
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Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 280 Ukraine troops killed in 24 hours
Russian Defense Ministry
The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. As a result of the strike, the AFU command posts and radar stations, as well as aircraft, and munition depots have been hit. ️In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by aviation, as well as the artillery of the Zapad Group of…