According to russian propaganda, as of the beginning of August 2022, since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the following has been allegedly destroyed:
– Airplanes – 261
– Helicopters – 145
– Air defense missile systems – 361
– Tanks and other armored vehicles – 4231
– Combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems – 782
– Artillery weapons and mortars – 3242
At the same time, according to open source data, in early 2022, Ukraine had significantly less military equipment than on the “destroyed” list. In particular, according to FlightGlobal https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=83735, Ukraine had the following airplanes and helicopters in service:
– MiG-29 – 43
– Su-27 – 26
– Su-24 – 12
– Su-25 – 17
– Mi-8 – 54
Before the war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had tactical missile systems in service, including 90 Tochka-U systems, but Ukraine had no anti-missile systems.
The Military Balance https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance also reported that as of 2021, Ukraine had:
- self-propelled artillery pieces – 607
- Msta-S self-propelled howitzers – 35
- towed guns and howitzers – more than 515
- multiple launch rocket systems of various calibers – about 350
- mortars of 120 mm caliber – 340
- tanks of various modifications – 858
Thus, according to russian propaganda, the russian army has allegedly shot down all Ukrainian military aircraft and helicopters three times, destroyed all our MLRS and all artillery and mortars more than twice. Ukrainian tanks have a special ability to “revive” because to hide its lies, the russian General Staff counts them along with all other armored vehicles.
