General Staff: Russia lost another 1 280 soldiers and 12 tanks over the past day

On August 26, the Russian army lost another 1 280 soldiers killed and wounded, as well as military equipment.

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the General Staff, the Defense Forces destroyed another 12 tanks, 19 armored combat vehicles, 52 artillery systems, 1 rocket salvo system, 120 operational-tactical UAVs, 103 cruise missiles, 58 vehicles and 3 units of special equipment.

Ukraine and Russia give almost no information about their losses in the war. Moscow officially last named the number of people killed in September 2022 — then they declared 5 937 dead. Kyiv did not do this for a long time, saying that the data would be disclosed after the war.

On February 25, 2024, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declared the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers — 31 000. He did not name the number of wounded and missing.

• On August 26, there was the largest attack on Ukraine — air defense shot down 102 missiles and 99 Shahed attack drones.