These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/eXqEIvQrQl
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 11, 2022
Compared to a week ago
+1200 troops
+7 planes
+3 helicopters
+78 tanks
+79 personnel carriers
+4 MLRS
+14 vehicles
+27 UAV
+1 Anti aircraft
Key takeaways:
All numbers except for UAV are under their prior weekly average, this was to be expected with Russia abandoning the battle for Kyiv, there's is just less areas where Russians assets could be taken down.
You could however make a case that Russia continue to be butt kicked at the same rate on areas where fighting are still going on. We lack the data to know for sure but considering Russia were being stomped prior in the Kyiv region you could argue that's where most of their losses came from prior to this week. Since numbers are not dramatically down this points out to the east fronts being consistent or even producing slightly higher losses for Russians that partially compensated the lack of those in Kyiv region.
The next few weeks would be particularly important as a rise in Russian assets loss would means Ukraine successfully redeployed to meet challenges in the east while stagnation or continued dwindling numbers could mean Russia resolved many of the issue plaguing there initial invasion.
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