 Russia loses over 2,000 tanks in war against Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine Russia has lost two thousand and two tanks and these are only documented equipment losses Oryx monitoring group reported it according to the monitoring group 1,239 tanks have been destroyed 106 damaged 113 abandoned and 544 tanks have been captured Only numbers confirmed by photo and video recordings were announced by Oryx According to the general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine as of May the 29th Russia has lost 3,801 tanks after taking heavy losses Russian forces are trying out new ways to protect the tanks They have left from Ukrainian missiles, but there's a trade-off Russia's deployed armor force Which consists of both modern and more antiquated systems has faced threats from other tanks firing anti-tank guided missiles and rounds and dismounted infantry equipped with anti-tank weaponry like the Javelin guided missile These weapons have taken a toll perhaps a more Substantial threat to Russian tanks in Ukraine has been anti-tank guided missiles like the US made Javelin or Ukrainian Stugna capable systems with thermal imagers Designed to penetrate explosive reactive armor though Russia has used some of its older tanks to support Breach operations in urban combat such as in Varmut Tanks are largely being used as artillery and fire support and to raid Ukrainian positions