July 9, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,280 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 9 July 2025 

๐Ÿ’ฅ At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike by long-range high-precision air-based weapons including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles and long-range drones against the infrastructure of military airfields.

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

๐Ÿ“ The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a jaeger brigade, two air assault brigades, two assault regiments, and a UAV battalion of the AFU close to Ryzhevka, Kondratovka, Varachino, Yablonovka, Yunakovka, Pisarevka, Sadki, and Novaya Sech (Sumy region).

๐Ÿ’ฅ In Kharkov direction, units of a tank brigade, an air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades have been hit near Olkhovatka, Khatneye, and Melovoye (Kharkov region).

โ—พ๏ธ The AFU has lost more than 170 servicemen. Nine motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and a materiel depot were neutralised.

๐Ÿ“ The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Kupyansk, Blagodatovka (Kharkov region), Kolodezi, Yatskovka, and Zelenaya Dolina (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ—พ๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to up to 220 troops, 18 motor vehicles, and a Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system. Three electronic warfare stations, a target acquisition radar, and three ammunition depots were neutralised.

๐Ÿ“ The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted damage on four mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault, an artillery brigade of the AFU, the Azov Special Operations Brigade near Nikolayevka, Pereyezdnoye, Slavyansk, Seversk, Minkovka, Serebryanka, and Shcherbinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ—พ๏ธ The enemy lost up to 165 troops, a tank, an armoured fighting vehicle, three pickup trucks, eight field artillery guns, and two ammunition depots.

โ†—๏ธUnits of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Strikes were delivered at formations of six mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, a jaeger brigade, two airborne brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, and a national guard brigade close to Krasnoarmeysk, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov, Muravka, Udachnoye, Petrovskogo, Grodovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopodgorodnoye, and Filiya (Dnepropetrovsk region).

โ—พ๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to up to 440 troops, six motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.

Russian elements engaged three mechanised brigades, an unmanned aerial vehicle regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade, and four territorial defence brigades near Kamyshevakha, Volnoye Pole, Voskresenka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Temirovka, Olgovskoye, Malinovka, and Poltavka (Zaporozhye region).

โ—พ๏ธ The AFU lost up to 205 troops, two tanks, an armoured fighting vehicle, 17 motor vehicles, and an electronic warfare station have been neutralised.

๐Ÿ“ The Dnepr Group’s units improved the tactical situation and defeated two mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and four territorial defence brigades close to Kamenskoye, Plavni, Orekhov, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Stepovoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Antonovka, and Sadovoye (Kherson region).

โ—พ๏ธ More than 80 troops, six motor vehicles, an artillery gun, eight electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and a fuel depot were neutralised.

โœˆ๏ธ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged ammunition depots, AFU and foreign mercenaries temporary deployment sites in 135 areas.

๐ŸŽฏ Air defence units shot down nine guided aerial bombs and four HIMARS MLRS projectiles as well as 226 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 68,477 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 614 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

๐Ÿ”น 24,167 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 1,576 MLRS combat vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 27,176 field artillery guns and mortars, 

๐Ÿ”น 37,891 units of support military vehicles.

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