June 20, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,315 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

🚩  Units of the Sever Group of Forces advanced to the depth of the enemy’s defences and liberated Novonikolayevka (Sumy region).

💥 Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware clusters of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, three air assault brigades, one air assault and one assault regiments of the AFU, and the Special Operations Centre of the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence near Novaya Sech, Andreyevka, Alekseyevka, Konotop, Leninskoye, Varachino, Mogritsa, Sadki, Ryzhevka, Bessalovka, and Kondratovka (Sumy region).

📍 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and five territorial defence brigades near Volchansk, Komissarovo, Udy, and Gatishche (Kharkov region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 165 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, two ammunition depots, and one materiel depot.

🚩  As a result of decisive actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Dolgenkoye (Kharkov region).

🔥 Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one UAV regiment of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Boguslavka, Shiykovka, Peschanoye, Novosergeyevka, Kupyansk, Kovsharovka (Kharkov region), and Kirovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar, and four ammunition depots.

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situationLosses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of eight mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Seversk, Zvanovka, Serebryanka, Pazeno, Ivanopolye, Vyemka, Minkovka, Fedorovka, Dyleyevka, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Kleban-Byk, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 175 troops, three field artillery guns, and four pickup trucks. One materiel depot was destroyed.

Krasnoarmeysk, and Novotoretskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 490 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, seven armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns, including one 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system.

📍 Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades near Veseloye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Gulaipole, Poltavka, and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region). 

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, three artillery guns, including one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, and one electronic warfare station. 

🔥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and four territorial defence brigades near Kamenskoye, Malaya Tokmachka, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Otradokamenka, Belozerka, and Antonovka (Kherson region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, 15 motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, and two ammunition depots.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted losses on strike UAV production sites and workshops, UAV depots, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of AFU units and foreign mercenaries in 147 areas.

🎯 Air defence units shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and seven HIMARS MLRS projectiles as well as 236 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 663 aircraft,

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 64,206 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 611 anti-aircraft missile systems,

▫️ 23,953 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▫️ 1,572 MLRS combat vehicles,

▫️ 26,331 field artillery guns and mortars,

▫️ 36,996 units of support military vehicles.

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