Yurii Kohorodskyi, news author
As of the morning of the 13 of March, the number of casualties from the occupying forces of the Russian Federation exceeds 12 thousand people, 74 aircraft and 86 helicopters.
This news was reported by the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine.
From the 24 of February until the 13 of March, the Russian side also lost:
human resources - more than 12,000,
tanks—374,
armoured combat vehicles—1226
artillery systems - 140
multiple rocket launchers (MRL) - 62
air defense systems - 34
aircraft -74,
helicopters—86,
automotive vehicles - 600
ships/speedboats - 3
fuel and lubricants tanks - 60
unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAVs) of a joint task level - 7
Data are being updated. The high intensity of hostilities complicates the calculation.
It also became known that Russia is recruiting mercenaries from Abkhazia and South Ossetia and prisoners from Russia.
Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) intercepted conversations of occupiers: in Kharkiv, they gave the command to shoot at civilians.