July 2, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,235 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

๐Ÿช– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

โ†—๏ธ Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the situation on the front line in Sumy region. Russian troops inflicted fire damag on two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, three air assault brigades, three assault regiments, and one assault battalion of the AFU close to Varachino, Sadki, Proletarskoye, Bessalovka, Mogritsa, Alekseyevka, Yunakovka, and Andreyevka (Sumy region).

๐Ÿ’ฅ In Kharkov direction, Russian troops hit formations of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Ogurtsovo and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses were up to 175 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, six field artillery, and one ammunition depot.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Units of the Zapad Group of Forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades and one UAV regiment of the AFU near Petrovka, Kupyansk, Gorokhovatka, Peschanoye, Blagodatovka, Kovsharovka, and Berezovka (Kharkov region).

โ–ช๏ธ The enemy losses were up to 210 troops, one M113 armoured personnel carrier, 11 motor vehicles, and one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station and five ammunition depots were neutralised.

โ†—๏ธ The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation. Russian troops launched attacks on five mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, and one airmobile brigade of the AFU near Seversk, Svyato-Pokrovskoye, Serebryanka, Zakotnoye, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk, and Slavyansk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ–ช๏ธ The enemy losses were more than 165 troops, four pickup trucks, one artillery gun, Anklav electronic warfare station, and two materiel depots.

๐Ÿ“ Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops hit formations of five mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, two marine brigades, and two National Guard brigades close to Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Petrovskogo, Boykovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopavlovka and Filia (Dnepropetrovsk region).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses were more than 450 troops, one Novator armoured fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicle, three motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns.

kresenka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses were up to 165 troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and two electronic warfare stations.

๐Ÿ“ Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted fire damage on formations of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Novoandreyevka, Kamenskoye, Orekhov, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Nikolskoye and Antonovka (Kherson region).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses were more than 70 troops and five motor vehicles. Six electronic warfare stations, one ammunition depot, two materiel depots, and one POL depot were neutralised.

โœˆ๏ธ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted fire damage on enterprises of the Ukrainian military industry, attack drone assembly workshops and storage areas, ammunition and material depots as well as temporary deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 139 districts.

๐ŸŽฏ Air defence systems shot down seven guided aerial bombs and 131 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

๐Ÿ“Š  In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy lost

๐Ÿ”น 663 aircraft, 

๐Ÿ”น 283 helicopters, 

๐Ÿ”น 66,608 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 612 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

๐Ÿ”น 24,106 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 1,573 MLRS combat vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 26,847 field artillery guns and mortars, 

๐Ÿ”น 37,551 units of support military vehicles.

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