The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 07.08.23 were approximately:
- personnel - about 250240 (+540) people were liquidated,
- tanks - 4244 (+7) units
- armored personnel carriers - 8270 (+8) units
- artillery systems - 4977 (+12) units,
- MLRS - 709 (+4) units,
- air defense systems / Anti-aircraft warfare systems - 467 (+1) units
- aircraft - 315 (+0) units
- helicopters - 311 (+0) units,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 4154 (+28),
- cruise missiles - 1377 (+18),
- ships / boats / warships / boats - 18 (+0) units,
- vehicles and fuel tanks - 7451 (+10) units
- special equipment - 735 (+1).
Data are being updated.
When it says 250k people were liquidated what does that mean? The deaths are estimated to be 40-60k from what I have seen.
They're including their estimate of wounded with the dead. Militarily speaking 'casualties' is anyone rendered incapable of service.
They used the term "liquidated" though not casualties.
That's the way the Ukrainian general staff refers to casualties.
Edit: semi related, Russian and Ukrainian troops will often refer to casualties by their old Soviet cargo type, 200 or 300 depending. I'm not sure if that feeds into the mentality of using the term liquidated or not, but I think it's interesting.