The Russian military continues to suffer heavy losses in Ukraine.

In the first week of December, the Russian forces lost almost 3,000 troops killed in action (and between 6,000 to 9,000 wounded), 68 vehicles and fuel tanks, 28 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, 20 tactical unmanned aerial systems, 12 artillery pieces, 10 tanks, and 3 attack and transport helicopters, including a Ka-52 Alligator attack chopper that was shot down by a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile in the Donbas over the weekend.

Overall, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed that as of Monday, Ukrainian forces have killed approximately 91,690 Russian troops (and wounded approximately twice to thrice that number), destroyed 281 fighter, attack, bomber, and transport jets, 264 attack and transport helicopters, 2,924 tanks, 1,914 artillery pieces, 5,900 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, 395 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), 16 boats and cutters, 4,497 vehicles and fuel tanks, 211 anti-aircraft batteries, 1,582 tactical unmanned aerial systems, 163 special equipment.