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Ukrainian General Staff: some 900 Russian casualties in the last day

The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 26.10.25: personnel: about 1 136 890 (+900) personstanks: 11 291 (+4)troop-carrying AFVs: 23 477 (+18)artillery systems: 34 002 (+15)MLRS: 1 526 (+0)anti-aircraft systems: 1 230 (+0) aircraft: 428 (+0)helicopters: 346 (+0)UAVs operational-tactical level: 74 399 (+214) cruise missiles: 3 880 (+0)warships/boats:

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Ukrainian General Staff: about 910 Russian casualties in the last day

The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 25.10.25: personnel: about 1 135 990 (+910) personstanks: 11 287 (+4)troop-carrying AFVs: 23 459 (+1)artillery systems: 33 987 (+15)MLRS: 1 526 (+0)anti-aircraft systems: 1 230 (+0) aircraft: 428 (+0)helicopters: 346 (+0)UAVs operational-tactical level: 74 185 (+359) cruise missiles: 3 880 (+0)warships/boats:

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The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 24.10.25:

personnel: about 1 135 080 (+910) personstanks: 11 283 (+1)troop-carrying AFVs: 23 458 (+5)artillery systems: 33 972 (+34)MLRS: 1 526 (+1)anti-aircraft systems: 1 230 (+0) aircraft: 428 (+0)helicopters: 346 (+0)UAVs operational-tactical level: 73 826 (+440) cruise missiles: 3 880 (+0)warships/boats: 28 (+0) submarines: 1 (+0) vehicles and fuel tanks: 65 356 (+128) special equipment: 3

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October 26, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense:  up to 1,515 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 26 October 2025

🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

📍 The Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of four mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an air assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Leninskoye, Kondratovka, Grunovka, Korchakovka, Iskriskovshchina, Varachino, and Sennoye in Sumy region.

💥 In Kharkov direction, units of a heavy mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade have been hit near Volchansk and Bologovka (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU have lost more than 190 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and four materiel depots.

📍 Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops engaged three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Aleksandrovka, Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic), Nechvolodovka, Kutkovka, Monachinovka, and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 230 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, and 18 motor vehicles. Seven electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were neutralised.

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops hit three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Predtechino, Kuzminovka, Ivanopolye, Seversk, Pleshcheyevka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy has lost more than 240 troops, a tank, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, four artillery guns, four electronic warfare stations, and a fuel depot.

📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, three air assault brigades, three assault regiments of the AFU, two marine brigades, and two national guard brigades close to Krasnoarmeysk, Grishino, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov, Toretskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Ivanovka, and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The losses of Ukrainian armed formations amounted to up to 505 troops, three Kazak armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and an ammunition depot.

assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rovnopolye (Zaporozhye region), Novoaleksandrovka, Danilovka, Orestopol, Tikhoye, and Pokrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The AFU have lost up to 300 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots.

💥 The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of an AFU mountain assault brigade near Stepnogorsk, Novodanilovka, and Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ Up to 50 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and a materiel depot were neutralised.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have inflicted damage on energy facilities and a train used to transport manpower, weapons, and military hardware to the battle area in the Donbass, long-range unmanned aerial vehicles production workshops and a launch site, a depot of uncrewed surface vehicles, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations in 147 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down three guided aerial bombs and 116 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊  In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

▫️ 668 aircraft,

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 92,575 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 633  anti-aircraft missile systems,

▫️ 25,693 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▫️ 1,607  MLRS combat vehicles,

▫️ 30,799 field artillery guns and mortars,

▫️ 44,923 units of support military vehicles.

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