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Minister: 112 Russian tanks worth $300 million destroyed or disabled by National Guard in January

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Minister: 112 Russian tanks worth $300 million destroyed or disabled by National Guard in January
Russian T-90 tank destroyed by the Ukrainian army as the first anniversary of the war between Russia and Ukraine nears in Snihurivka, Mykolaiv Oblast, on Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Vincenzo Circosta/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Ukraine's National Guard has destroyed or disabled 112 Russian tanks in the first month of 2024, with an estimated total value of over $300 million, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, said on Feb. 1.

The list includes around 10 T-90 "Proryv” (Breakthrough) tanks, “that Russia has boasted about.”

"The National Guardsmen have repeatedly proven that there are no 'impenetrable' targets for Ukrainian 'birds’ (drones),” Klymenko said, sharing video evidence of some of the successful strikes.

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The National Guard is a military force under the command of the Interior Ministry.

Russian forces have lost a total of 339 tanks in the past month, according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

Russia has lost 6,322 tanks in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, according to the General Staff.

Besides, Russia has also lost 11,773 armored fighting vehicles, 12,267 vehicles and fuel tanks, 9,228 artillery systems, and 7,136 drones during this time.

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The transfer would further expand Ukraine's fleet of Western-supplied fighter aircraft, which already includes American F-16s and French Mirage 2000s but remains insufficient to fully defend Ukrainian cities and infrastructure from daily Russian missile and drone attacks

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The latest estimates appear to be significantly higher than figures published earlier this month by independent Russian media outlets Mediazona and Meduza that estimated 352,000 Russian men between the ages of 18 and 59 have been killed since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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