A view shows a destroyed tank alongside the road during Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the city of Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine July 1, 2022.
A view shows a destroyed tank alongside the road during Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the city of Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine July 1, 2022. Reuters / ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO

KEY POINTS

  • The Ukrainian military recorded 350 combat losses among Russia's personnel between Tuesday and Wednesday
  • Russian losses also included 20 tanks, 18 AFVs and 12 artillery systems, among other pieces of military equipment
  • Most of the losses were in the direction of Donetsk and Kurakhove

Russia lost 350 personnel, 20 tanks, 18 armored fighting vehicles (AFV) and 12 artillery systems within a day as the country's death toll in the invasion of Ukraine nearly reached 48,000, according to data provided by the Ukrainian military.

About 47,900 Russian personnel were lost between the start of the war on Feb. 24 and Wednesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its most recent casualty report.

Russian losses also included 1,974 tanks, 4,312 AFVs and 1,091 artillery systems, among other pieces of military equipment, according to the update.

A previous casualty report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that recorded casualties from the beginning of the war until Tuesday claimed Russia had lost 47,550 personnel, 1,954 tanks, 4,294 AFVs and 1,079 artillery systems.

Most of the recent Russian losses were in the direction of Donetsk and Kurakhove, according to the updated report.

Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02 по 31.08 орієнтовно склали / The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 31.08 were approximately:особового складу / personnel - близько/ about...

Russia last provided an official death toll from the invasion of Ukraine in March, claiming that its fatalities numbered 1,351 at the time.

Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona claimed that it was able to confirm 5,801 Russian military deaths in the war as of Aug. 25, but U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl revealed earlier this month that Russia might have already suffered 80,000 casualties.

In comparison, around 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers died in the first 100 days of the invasion, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said in June.

Between 100 and 200 Ukrainian troops were dying on the front lines per day at the time, Mykhaylo Podolyak, another presidential aide, revealed later that month.

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Russian forces attempted to advance through Ukraine from several directions Wednesday, but they were unable to break through Ukrainian defenses and were forced to withdraw from their positions.

The failed attack comes as the U.S. suggested that Russia is now facing "severe" shortages of military personnel and is seeking ways to recruit more service members to make up for its losses in Ukraine.

Russia is also currently on track to experience a shortage in munitions by the end of 2022, according to an analysis.

Ukrainian servicemen fire toward Russian troops with a tank at a position in Donetsk region