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December 1, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense:  up to 1,415 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

d Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

💥 Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of three mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Sadki, Kondratovka, Ryzhevka, Barilovka, Khoten, and Novaya Sech in Sumy region.

🔥 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one mechanised brigade and one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU near Volchansk (Kharkov region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 13 motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, two assault brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Monachinovka, Blagodatovka, Osinovo (Kharkov region), Drobyshevo, and Yarovaya (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 230 troops, 13 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. Seventeen electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-fire radar station, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

🚩 Units of the Yug Group of Forces advanced into the depth of the enemy’s defences and liberated Klinovoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

💥 Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one marine brigade near Seversk, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Zakotnoye, Stepanovka, Reznikovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made Stryker and two M113 armoured personnel carriers. Nine motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, and two materiel depots were destroyed.

↗️ The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one airmobile brigade, one airborne brigade, one air assault brigade, three assault regiments of the AFU, one marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and three national guard brigades near Artemovka, Rodinskoye, Belitskoye, Maryevka, Gruzskoye, Belozerskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, and Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 480 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.

and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of two assault brigades and three assault regiments of the AFU near Dobropolye, Varvarovka, and Gulaipole (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, and one materiel depot.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and one coastal defence brigade of the AFU near Orekhov, Lukyanovskoye (Zaporozhye region), and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 75 troops, nine motor vehicles, and one materiel depot.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck objects of the fuel and power infrastructure used by the AFU, ammunition depots, POL depots, UAV launch sites and depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 136 areas.

🎯 Air defence units shot down three Neptune long-range guided missiles and 97 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 668 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 99,787 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 638 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 26,329 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,622 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 31,662 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 48,081 units of support military vehicles.

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