Russia reporting some pretty massive victories this week. Multiple sectors reporting Ukrainian losses in the THOUSANDS.
I don't know how truthful these reports are. I think all these war departments lie. Even in the lopsided US invasion of Iraq the US turned out to be lying about several points (particularly the effectiveness of the Patriot missile system, which was later revised to be about 10%, and then later revised again to 1%, as effective as originally claimed. (Did Russia really shoot down 114 drones in a single night in Dnepr?)
To me the most shocking number is only 37 Ukrainians surrendered during the week.
Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 21, 2024)
From June 15 to 21, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 14 group strikes with high-precision air and ground-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, during which storage facilities of military-technical property, infrastructure of military airfields, electrical substations that provided the work of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, and places of preparation for the use of unmanned boats were hit. The points of temporary deployment of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries were also affected.
During the week, units of the North group of forces improved the situation along the front line and defeated the manpower and equipment of two formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, as well as two air defense brigades. In addition, 17 counterattacks by enemy assault groups were repelled.
The losses of the Armed Forces amounted to up to 1980 servicemen, four tanks, two armored combat vehicles, including the Stryker armored personnel carrier made in the USA, 20 vehicles, combat vehicles of the HIMARS multiple rocket launchers made in the USA and Grad, 22 field artillery guns, as well as three electronic warfare stations Bukovel-AD.
The units of the Zapad group of forces occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of three mechanized, assault and airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the week, 12 counterattacks by enemy assault groups were repelled.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 3,330 servicemen, two tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, 34 vehicles, 25 field artillery guns, including 10 of foreign production. Four Nota electronic warfare stations were also destroyed.
The units of the Southern Group of Troops improved the situation along the front line and defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry and amphibious assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Six counterattacks by enemy assault groups were repelled.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 4,290 servicemen in this direction, a Leopard tank manufactured by Germany, 19 armored combat vehicles, including four M113 armored personnel carriers manufactured by the United States, 53 vehicles, 47 field artillery guns, as well as two MLRS launchers, including one RAK SA-12 of Croatian production.
The units of the Center group of forces improved the tactical situation during the week, and also defeated the formations of three mechanized and one infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the defense brigade. We repelled 31 enemy counterattacks.
During the specified period, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area amounted to 2,530 military personnel, 13 armored combat vehicles, including six MaxxPro and Humvee made in the USA, 23 vehicles, 53 field artillery guns and two MLRS Grad combat vehicles.
The units of the Vostok group of forces actively occupied more advantageous positions and liberated the settlement of Zagornoye in the Zaporozhye region. They defeated clusters of manpower and equipment of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as two air defense brigades.
The enemy lost up to 970 soldiers, ten armored combat vehicles, 30 vehicles and 18 field artillery pieces, 11 of them foreign-made. In addition, three electronic warfare stations "Bukovel-AD" and "Enclave" were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the infantry and mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as two air defense brigades.
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 610 soldiers, 24 vehicles, and 29 field artillery pieces. In addition, the launchers of the HIMARS and MLRS multiple launch rocket systems manufactured in the United States were destroyed.
By means of air defense, the following were destroyed: a long-range guided missile "Neptune-MD", eight guided aircraft bombs Hammer manufactured in France, 55 HIMARS rockets manufactured in the United States, as well as 397 unmanned aerial vehicles.
During the past night alone, the enemy used 117 unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type against civilian targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, 114 of which were shot down.
The forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned boats in the area of the Crimean Peninsula tonight.
During the week, 37 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost: 613 aircraft, 276 helicopters, 26,188 unmanned aerial vehicles, 531 anti-aircraft missile systems, 16,397 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,346 multiple rocket launchers, 10,706 field artillery and mortars, as well as 22,757 units of special military vehicles.