[TheDeBrief] Moscow has not officially commented on its combat losses since a week into the invasion, saying roughly 500 troops had been killed in Ukraine.
On March 11, the Ukrainian General Staff said it had estimated Russia had lost over 12,000 soldiers since February 24. While this figure is likely inflated, there are plenty of reasons to believe that Russia has suffered extremely high casualties in the first three weeks of its invasion.
As of March 11, the open-source intelligence site Oryx had independently confirmed Russia had lost 1,034 pieces of military equipment. The list of lost equipment includes some of Russia’s most advanced hardware, such as 11 T-80BVM tanks.
In addition to the overall loss of troops and equipment, an investigation by The Debrief reveals Russia appears to have also lost considerable field and company-grade officers.
The following Russian officers are believed to have been killed based on in-memoriam posts identified by The Debrief on the Russian social media network VK or Russian district news reports.
Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky – Commanding General of the Russian 7th Airborne Division and a deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army
General Vitaly Gerasimov -Chief of Staff of the 41st Army
Colonel Konstantin Zizevsky – Commander of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment
Colonel Dmitry Pavlovich
Colonel Alexey Bernhard
Colonel Yuri Yuryevich Agarkov – Commander of the 33rd regiment from Kamyshin
Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Safronov – Commander of the 61st Marine Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel Glebov Denis Viktorovich– Deputy Commander of the 11th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Narzullaevich Khasanov – Pilot
Lieutenant Colonel Gaisin Renat
Lieutenant Colonel Arnaranik Gasparyan – Coastal Defense Brigade Commander
Major Ruslan Leonov – SpetsNaz (Special Forces) Commander
Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Shumitsky – Tank Commander
Captain Sergei Alexandrovich Visyach
Major Andrey Petrovich – Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence – Chief of Intelligence of the Regiment
Major Ruslan Leonov – SpetsNaz (Special Forces) Commander
Major Ratmir Kudayev – Military Police Officer
Major Viktor Dudin – Pilot
Major Aleksey Ilnitsky -Deputy Commander of the 1st DShB
Major Vladimir Alexa – Anti-air Defense Officer
Captain Maklagin Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich – Pilot
Captain Opatsky Alexei Mikhailovich – Military Police Officer
Captain Dzantiev Aslan Olegovich
Captain Sergey Cherny – Pilot
Captain Mashkin Sergey Alexandrovich– Reconnaissance Company Commander
Captain Alexander Lysenko
Captain Alexey Levkin – Tank Commander
Captain Alexey Pankratov – Air Defense Division Commander
Senior Lieutenant Anton Sitnikov
Senior Lieutenant Aleksey Aleshko – Intelligence Officer
Senior Lieutenant Gallyamov Ilvir Ilmirovich
Senior Lieutenant Danil Kurin – Intelligence Officer
Senior Lieutenant Tsyren Baldanov
Senior Lieutenant Andrey Andreyevich Shamko
Senior Lieutenant Anton Vyacheslavovich
Senior Lieutenant Magomed Makhachev
Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Sergeevich Belov – Platoon Commander in the 5th Airborne Assault Co.
Senior Lieutenant Tsybikzhap Tsydendambaevich Badmaev – Reconnaissance Officer
Senior Lieutenant Denis Igorevich Zorin
Senior Lieutenant Alexander Nikolaevich – Aviation Officer
Senior Lieutenant Nima Damaevich
Senior Lieutenant Semyonov Ilya Sergeevich
Senior Lieutenant Anton Starostin – Tank Commander
Senior Lieutenant Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov – Tank Commander
Lieutenant Vitaly Olegovich Golub– Commander of a motorized rifle platoon of the 20th motorized rifle division
Senior warrant officer Alexei Fedorovich Kainov
Warrant Officer Samurkhanov Navruzbeg Samurkhanovich – Senior Signals Officer
This list only includes the names of Russian officers The Debrief could verify as being killed in action from public sources as of March 11. The actual number of field and company-grade officers is very likely higher. |