Passage: Russia admitted that three of its Su-25 strike aircraft and one Tu-22M3 long-range bomber were lost. Georgia at that time claimed it had downed at least 21 Russian aircraft. Moscow Defence Brief provided a higher estimate for air force losses, saying that Russian Air Force total losses during the war were one Tu-22M3 long-range bomber, one Su-24M Fencer fighter-bomber, one Su-24MR Fencer E reconnaissance plane and four Su-25 attack planes. Anton Lavrov listed one Su-25SM, two Su-25BM, two Su-24M and one Tu-22M3 lost. Two helicopters, a Mi-8MTKO and a Mi-24, were wrecked in an accident after the hostilities. While there are no official figures, Russian ground equipment losses in the war are estimated to be three tanks, at least 20 armoured and 32 non-armoured vehicles lost in combat. Several more vehicles were impaired in accidents. During one engagement, Georgian forces destroyed 25 out of 30 vehicles of a Russian military unit commanded by General Anatoly Khrulyov. The Russian military had no losses in the artillery, air defence and naval forces. According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the five-day war cost Russia an estimated 12.5 billion rubles, a daily cost of 2.5 billion rubles. South Ossetian forces lost two BMP-2s.
How many Russian military planes did Russia claim were lost? How many aircraft loses did Moscow Defence Brief estimate? How many more non-armoured vehicles were lost compared to armoured? How many of the Russian military vehicle's remained intact after they were destroyed by Georgian forces? How many pieces of Russian ground equipment were estimated to be lost? How many planes did Russia lose in total according to Russia? How many tanks, armoured and non-armoured loses were estimated to have been lost? How many total Russsian ground equipment were estimated to be lost in combat? How many vehicles did Georgians not destroy? How many vehicles lost in combat were there not counting tanks? How many vehicles were not destroyed by Georgian forces in their engagement with the Russian military unit commanded by General Anatoly Khrulyov? How many was the combined Su-25 strike aircraft and Tu-22M3 long-range bomber were lost? Was it estimated that Russia lost more armoured vehicles or more non-armoured? Which plane had the largest amount of losses, Su-25BM or Su-25? Who provided the highest estimate loss, Moscow Defense Brief or Georgia?