March 11, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,240 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

▫️In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades close to Granov, Udy, Sinelnikovo, and Neskuchnoye (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 troops, six motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and an electronic warfare station.

▫️The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted damage on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, an air assault brigade near Novoye, Drobyshevo, Novomikhaylovka, Mirnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kamenka, Malaya Shapkovka, and Tishchenkova (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 225 troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, six pickup trucks, three field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.

The Yug Group of Forces liberated Gorkogo (Donetsk People’s Republic). Russian troops hit formations of a heavy mechanised brigade, three mechanised brigades,  a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade close to Kleban-Byk, Berestok, Vasyukovka, Rozovka, Konstantinovka, Tarasovka, and Dronovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 295 troops, three tanks, nine armoured fighting vehicles including five U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, three pickup trucks, seven field artillery guns, three ammunition depots, and two electronic warfare stations.

▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defence. Russian forces engaged three mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades of the AFU, a marine brigade, and a national guard brigade near Novosergeyevka, Sribnoye, Udachnoye, Petrovskoye, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier and a French-made VAB armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, and three artillery guns including a French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system.

Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defence. Russian forces engaged three mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades of the AFU, a marine brigade, and a national guard brigade near Novosergeyevka, Sribnoye, Udachnoye, Petrovskoye, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

The Vostok Group of Forces delivered strikes at units of a mechanised brigade, a jaeger brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Shevchenko, Bogatyr, Voskresenka, Dneproenergiya, Razliv (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).

The enemy losses amounted to more than 155 troops, a German-manufactured Leopard tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, five field artillery guns, two ammunition depots, and an electronic warfare station.

▫️The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged the personnel and hardware of a mechanised brigade and three coastal defence brigades of the AFU near Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Nikolskoye, Pridneprovskoye, and Belozerka (Kherson region).

The enemy lost up to 50 troops, nine motor vehicles, a field artillery gun, and an ammunition depot.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the facilities of airfield infrastructure, manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and foreign mercenaries in 147 areas.

▫️Russian air defence means have shot down two JDAM guided aerial bombs, two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and a Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectile.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 657 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 46,270 unmanned aerial vehicles, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,119 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,526 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,425 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,696 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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