A Ukrainian soldier jumps of a destroyed Russian tank on the outskirts of the village of Mala Rohan, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 20, 2022. Picture taken April 20, 2022.
A Ukrainian soldier jumps of a destroyed Russian tank on the outskirts of the village of Mala Rohan, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 20, 2022. Picture taken April 20, 2022. Reuters / ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS

KEY POINTS

  • The Ukrainian military recorded 150 combat losses among Russian personnel within a day
  • Russian forces also lost five tanks, among other pieces of equipment, in the same period
  • The greatest losses were in the direction of Ukraine's partially-occupied Donetsk region

Russia lost 150 personnel and five tanks in a single day, data provided by the Ukrainian military showed.

The country suffered 45,850 combat losses among its personnel between the start of the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 and Thursday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated in its most recent casualty report.

Russian losses also included 1,929 tanks, among other pieces of military equipment.

The previous casualty report from the Ukrainian Armed Forces' general staff that recorded Russian losses up to Wednesday claimed Russia lost 45,700 personnel and 1,924 tanks.

Most of the recently recorded losses were in the direction of Donetsk, a partially Russian-occupied region in east Ukraine, according to the general staff's updated report.

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Russia's last official death toll from the war, provided by the country's defense ministry in March, claimed fatalities at the time numbered 1,351.

Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona claimed it was able to confirm the 5,801 Russian military deaths as of Aug. 25.

Russia's ongoing invasion may have already resulted in the country having between 70,000 and 80,000 casualties, U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary Colin Kahl said earlier this month.

In comparison, around 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers died in the first 100 days of the conflict, Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, revealed in early June.

Between 100 and 200 Ukrainian troops were dying on the front lines every day, Mykhaylo Podolyak, another presidential aide, said later that month.

Russian authorities have launched a recruitment drive for the Russian army in response to the losses sustained in the invasion of Ukraine.

Authorities are offering potential recruits up to $5,700 a month, plots of land and even premium places for their children in Russian schools, the BBC reported.

Recruiters have also visited Russian prisons to sign up inmates with promises of freedom and money.

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The recruitment drive is a sign of desperation on the part of the authorities, investigative journalist Roman Dobrokhotov said.

"This is not the type of soldiers needed for a victorious war. The Kremlin still hopes that quantity can win over quality. That they can get these hundreds of thousands of desperate people with their debts and just throw them into the conflict zone," he added.

A ritual worker picks up the body of a killed Russian soldier before loading them to a refrigerated rail car, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at a compound of a morgue in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 22, 2022.
A ritual worker picks up the body of a killed Russian soldier before loading them to a refrigerated rail car, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at a compound of a morgue in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 22, 2022. Reuters / STRINGER