Ukraine Loses Up to 12,455 Troops in Past Week

Kiev has lost over 3,175 servicemen, two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, nine armored personnel carriers, including seven US-made M113s and four other armored fighting vehicles in clashes with Russia’s Zapad (West) group of forces, which also repelled 35 Ukrainian counterattacks, the ministry said in a bulletin.

The Sever (North) group continued to repel Ukrainian military formations in the Kursk region, leading to over 3,130 Ukrainian soldier casualties and destruction of four tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, seven armored personnel carriers and 51 armored fighting vehicles.

Russia’s Tsentr (Center) group of forces has eliminated up to 2,750 Ukrainian soldiers and repelled 85 counterattacks, as well as destroyed seven tanks, including three Leopards.

Russia’s Yug (South) group has continued advancing behind enemy lines, eliminating up to 1,745 Ukrainian troops, destroying four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, repelling eight counterattacks, and destroying three arms depots.

Ukraine has lost over 1,155 soldiers and five US-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery systems in clashes with Russia’s Vostok (East) group of forces.

Russia’s Dnepr group has eliminated up to 500 Ukrainian troops and destroyed five electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots, according to the statement.

Russian air defenses shot down 559 Ukrainian drones, a Su-27 fighter jet, 33 US-made HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles, as well as three French-made Hammer precision-guided aviation bombs during the same period.

In addition, the Russian armed forces launched one massive and 12 group strikes on Ukrainian military and industrial enterprises, as well as energy facilities, the ministry said. Up to 46 Ukrainian military personnel have been captured in the line of contact over the past week.

In total, the Russian military has neutralized 651 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 39,207 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,208 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,505 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,163 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,832 units of support military vehicles since the start of the special military operation.