By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
Russia's one year anniversary of its special military operation in Ukraine marks a pivotal point not just for its symbolic significance, but also because it coincides with a sudden realisation on our part. That being that keeping track of the types of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) and aircraft in use by the Russian Armed Forces that have been destroyed has become considerably harder than listing those that haven't been, and subtracting from that list as time progresses. Hence, the list that follows.
Obviously, not all equipment in use with Russia's military may be deployed in Ukraine or even be actually operational for that matter, so to keep things manageable this list will include only those systems that have been acknowledged to be in mass production. Nevertheless, certain systems may be included or omitted on a case-by-case basis for instance because they are expected to be used operationally or, conversely, because including them would be impractical. Categories that have been excluded are small-sized (EOD) UGVs, civilian-grade UAVs, transport and training aircraft, naval vessels, coastal defence (missile) systems and (armoured) trucks. This list is updated as additional vehicle types are confirmed to be destroyed or captured.
Our list showing Ukrainian Army equipment not yet destroyed can be found here.
(Click on the equipment type to get a picture of it)
Tanks
T-64BV 'Izverg'
T-62M Obr. 2022
T-62MV Obr. 2022
T-72B Obr. 2022
T-72B3 Obr. 2022
2S25 Sprut-SD
T-14 Armata
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
MT-LB With 25mm 2M3 Naval Turret
MT-LB With 73mm BMP-1 Turret
BRDM-2A/M
BRDM-2MS
K-4386 Typhoon-VDV With BM-30-D Spitsa RWS
BPM-97 'Vystrel' With BM-30-D Spitsa RWS
Unmanned Ground (Combat) Vehicles
Platforma-M UGCV
Nerekhta UGCV
Soratnik UGCV
Marker (Wheeled) UGCV
Marker (Tracked) UGCV
Vikhr UGCV
UDAR UGCV
Uran-9 UGCV
Uran-14 Multi-Purpose UGV
Prokhod-1 Mine-Clearing UGV
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Armoured Trains
Armoured Personnel Carriers
BTR-50
BTR-80 'Komplex'
SBA-60K2 Bulat (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Patrol-A 6x6 (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Chekan (In service with Wagner)
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles
Ural-63095 Typhoon-U
K-4386 Typhoon-VDV
KamAZ-435029 Patrol-A 4x4
Buran: (1, ACP5)(2, ACP6)(3, ACP10)(4, ASV5)(5, CC1)(6, CC2) (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Arlan (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Infantry Mobility Vehicles
Scorpion LShA
UAZ-3132 Gusar
Stallion II (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Light Strike Vehicles (LSVs)
Sarmat-2
Can-Am Commander MAX UTV
Zibar Mk.2: (1, with 12.7mm NSV HMG) (2, with 30mm AGS-17 AGL) (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Chaborz-M3 (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Chaborz-M6 (In service with the Chechen Security Forces)
Engineering Vehicles And Equipment
IRM 'Zhuk' Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle
BAT-M Trench-Digging Vehicle
BMR-3M(A) Mine-Clearing Tank
ISDM Zemledeliye Remote Mine-Laying System[First example destroyed in March 2023]RKhM 'Kashalot' CBRN Reconnaissance Vehicle
RKhM-4 CBRN Reconnaissance Vehicle
RPM-2 CBRN Reconnaissance Vehicle
Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems
Artillery Support Vehicles And Equipment
PRP-3 Artillery Reconnaissance Vehicle
9T234-2 Transloader (For BM-30 Smerch)
Towed Artillery
152mm D-1 'M-1943' Howitzer (In service with Wagner PMC)
Self-PropelledArtillery
Multiple Rocket Launchers
Short-Range Ballistic Missile And Cruise Missile Carriers
Surface-To-Air Missile Systems
Radars
9S15 Obzor (For S-300V)
Jammers And Deception Systems
1L267 Moskva-1
1L269 Krasukha-2
Palantin-K[First example destroyed in February 2023]Pole-21
Combat Aircraft
Command And Control Aircraft
Helicopters
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Grusha
Bird-Eye 400 (Several examples already lost over Ukraine in 2015 and 2020)