June 21, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense:  up to 1,350 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by air-, ground-, and sea-based precision weapons and attack drones at infrastructure of a military airfield and a facility of the fuel-energy complex, which provides fuel for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas.

✅ The goal of the strike was achieved. All the assigned targets were engaged.

↗️ Units of the Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, two air assault brigades, and one assault regiment of the AFU near Bessalovka, Khoten, Yastrebinoye, Pershe Travnya, Andreyevka, and Novaya Sech (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Tsupovka, Ivashki, and Artelnoye (Kharkov region). 

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and one ammunition depot.

📍 Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Glushkovka, Kupyansk, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), and Maslyakovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and four ammunition depots.

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised bridages, one mountain-assault brigade, one airmobile bridage of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Konstantinovka, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 180 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, one electronic warfare station, and four materiel depots.

📍 Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Krasnoarmeysk, Petrovskogo, Novoeconomicheskoye, Poltavka, Dimitrov, Muravka, Novopavlovka, and Grodovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 515 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, and one artillery gun.

hanised brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Uspenovka, Temirovka, Olgovskoye, Poltavka, and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, one coastal defence brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Lvovo, and Antonovka (Kherson region). 

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 75 troops, five motor vehicles, one artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck production sites, workshops, and depots of attack UAVs, ammunition and materiel depots as well as temporary deployment areas of AFU units, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.  

🎯 Air defence units shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aviation bombs and 97 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

🔹 663 aircraft,

🔹 283 helicopters,

🔹 64,682 unmanned aerial vehicles,

🔹 611 anti-aircraft missile systems,

🔹 23,997 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

🔹 1,572 MLRS combat vehicles,

🔹 26,451 field artillery guns and mortars,

🔹 37,102 units of support military vehicles.

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