Kyiv: According to Ukrainian figures, the Russian army has lost more than 50,000 soldiers during more than six months of fighting in Ukraine.

Ukraine's General Staff reported via Facebook on Tuesday that 50,150 Russian soldiers had been killed in the 195 days of the invasion.
According to the Ukrainian military, 207 helicopters, 236 aircraft and 2,077 tanks have already been destroyed.

The data lacks independent validation.

However, according to the British Ministry of Defense, only 25,000 Russian soldiers have died.
Russia itself has been silent about its casualties for some time.

According to pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, more than 2,900 people have been killed since the invasion began. On the other hand, they claimed that around 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 7,000 were still unaccounted for, according to frequently released Kyiv figures on their own losses.

In late February, Russia invaded Ukraine, and since then, it has taken control of a large part of its eastern and southern territories.

Although civilian casualties in Kyiv are estimated to be much higher, the United Nations has recorded more than 5,700 civilian deaths so far.

According to their most recent estimate, 870 civilians were killed on their territory of Donetsk separatists.

The British Defense Ministry said the lack of reconnaissance drones is making it difficult for the Russian military to operate in Ukraine.
In its daily update on the Ukraine war on Tuesday, Russia said: "It is likely that Russia is struggling to maintain stocks of UAVs [Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, or Drones] in the event of war losses, which are internationally But it is worse than the lack of components. The ban."

Russian President Vladimir Putin was pictured having an awkward conversation with his military chief during a war game in Russia's Far East after Ukraine claimed Russia had lost the war.

Video of Putin and Army Chief General Valery Gerasimov entering an observation booth, sitting and keeping an awkward silence while waiting for Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to arrive was published by the military news service Zvezda.

Gerasimov ruffled the papers and combed his hair, while Putin took a pair of binoculars and looked through them. At one point, Putin nodded in agreement with the general's remarks.

Political and military analysts scrutinize the peculiar body language on social media.

"Clearly Putin does not even want to speak with the commander of the Russian Armed Forces," tweeted former Swedish prime minister Karl Bildt.

A separate video showed Putin and Shoigu cracking jokes while Gerasimov spoke on the phone, to lighten the mood.

During Russia's conflict in Ukraine, Gerasimov has become virtually invisible to the public, giving rise to rumors about his relationship with Putin and sometimes his health.

Russia has been fought to a virtual standoff, suffering the loss of significant troop and equipment after taking control of nearly a fifth of the country.

Putin was saying that the Russian army could proceed as usual by continuing the four-year Vostok war game despite the demands of the war.

However, the Defense Ministry claims that they took part in 2018 only about 50,000 soldiers, or a tiny fraction of the 300,000 who are currently participating in the exercise that began on September 1.

According to Western military analysts, both figures are exaggerated.
It was not clear whether Putin had seen Chinese or Indian troops in action during the exercise, including armies from both countries.

According to Moscow, military personnel and observers from Algeria, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Syria and six former Soviet republics are also participating in the war games.

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