Ukraine claims to have destroyed more than 1,000 Russian tanks since the beginning of the year

According to Pravda, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Facebook on May 17: "Since the beginning of 2025, Ukrainian defense forces have destroyed 1,159 Russian tanks and 2,510 armored fighting vehicles."

Mr. Syrskyi stressed that the Ukrainian Army continued to destroy Russian equipment and posted a video showing damaged Russian armored vehicles.

According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense , the country has destroyed 1,159 Russian tanks and 2,510 armored fighting vehicles since the beginning of the conflict. Photo: Getty.

Earlier, on May 13, it was reported that Ukrainian special forces destroyed a modern $45 million Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system and a Russian Uragan-1 multiple launch rocket system.

According to Pravda, the Buk-M3 is one of the main components of the Russian air defense system, commonly used to target air, land and sea targets.

"While performing a special reconnaissance mission in one of the areas of operations on May 12, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) soldiers detected Buk-M3 and Uragan-1 systems engaged in combat. After quick preparations, Ukrainian soldiers launched the UAV and accurately aimed at the target. The Buk-M3 system, estimated to be worth $45 million from Russia, and its ammunition were completely destroyed," SOF said.

However, the Russian Ministry of Defense has not commented on this information.

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