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Apr 8 54 tweets 15 min read
Using the data on Russian casualties from the attached tweet, I try to trace which Russian units invaded Ukraine in the #RussoUkrainianWar.
Military Districts

All Russian military districts have suffered losses. Image
Russian ground force armies

Soldiers of 11 different combined arms armies (CAA) were killed in action. The Russian ground forces has 12 armies. 6th Combined Arms Army is missing. Image
Central Military District

Overview of the units of the Central Military District that have lost soldiers. Image
Eastern Military District

Overview of the units of the Eastern Military District that have lost soldiers. Image
Northern Military District

Overview of the units of the Northern Military District that have lost soldiers. Image
Southern Military District

Overview of the units of the Southern Military District that have lost soldiers. Image
Western Military District

Overview of the units of the Western Military District that have lost soldiers. Image
VDV – Airborne Forces units

All Russian airborne divisions and independent VDV brigades are involved in the war against Ukraine.

All airborne and air assault brigades and regiments have casualities. Image
VDV – Airborne Forces † leader

verified death military command personnel
XO 11th Independent Guards Air Assault Brigade
XO 83rd Independent Guards Air Assault Brigade
Cdr 247th Air Assault Regiment
Cdr 331st Airborne Regiment
XO 331st Airborne Regiment
other military leader Image
VDV – 331st Guards Airborne Regiment

Approximately 10 percent of the losses mentioned in the initial tweet relate to the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment.

verified death military command personnel
Rgt Cdr† Colonel Sergei Sukharev
Rgt XO † Lieutenant Colonel Igor Zharov
... Image
Naval Troops

- naval infantry units from all Russian fleets take part in the invasion of Ukraine
- all naval infantry brigades and regiments are involved

- 810th Naval Inf Brig Cdr was killed

- 61st Naval Inf Brig XO was killed Image
GRU

6 GRU spetsnaz brigades and one regiment lost personnel

These are assigned to
Central Military District (3rd Brig, 24th Brig)
Southern Military District (10th Brig, 22nd Brig, 346th Brig, 25th Rgt)
Western Military District (2nd Brig) Image
Rosgvardia - OMON, SOBR

OMON and SOBR task forces from 8 different cities/oblasts were killed. Image
Rosgvardia – Special Units

Four elite units from Rosgvardia have lost soldiers including 604th Special Purpose Center's elite "Vityaz" spetsnaz unit – 5 KIA Image
Pilots

2 Su-25 attack aircraft pilot
1 Su-30SM attack aircraft pilot
1 Ka-52 helicopter pilot
1 Helicopter
1 other pilot
† Military Leaders

The Russian armed forces have lost some very senior military leaders, including
3 Combined Arms Army Commander (2 Lieutenant Generals, 1 Major General)
2 Combined Arms Army Deputy Commander (2 Major Generals)
1 Division Commander (1 Major General) Image
Military Ranks

Of the 354 soldiers named in the tweet (as of 04/07/2022) are:
6 generals
37 staff officers
70 officers
9 officer candidates / praporshchik
57 non-commissioned officers
21 privat ranks
154 unknown Image
Branches

About 80% of the security forces mentioned in the tweet belonged to the Russian armed forces. The others are unknown or from Rosgvardia. One is a separatist from the DPR. Image
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Next killed Russian general, Vladimir Frolov, XO 8th CAA.



It is not certain whether the Cdr of the 8th CAA, GL Mordvichev was killed. However, various newspapers (e.g. tagesspiegel.de/politik/kreml-…) have written that it was confirmed by the Russian side.
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Major Denis Golovko was the deputy commander of the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment's 2nd battalion.

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Sinking of the cruiser Moscow

Due to the different units and in order to make it clearer, the overview of the Southern Military District is divided between land forces and forces of the Russian Navy.

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This was the third brigade commander the #RussianArmedForces lost in the #RussianUkrainianWar.

Cdr 49th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
Cdr 12th Separate Guards Engineer Brigade
Cdr 810th Naval Infantry Brigade



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OMRPs are territorially part of the fleets, but are operationally subordinate to the GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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