August 3, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,250 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 3.08.25:

Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 2 August 2025

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

📍 Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, two air assault brigades, and one assault regiment of the AFU near Malaya Korchakovka, Okop, Pershe Travnya, Yunakovka, and Andreyevka (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Volchansk and Okhrimovka (Kharkov region). 

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 175 troops, one tank, eight motor vehicles, and three guns. Six ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades and one airmobile brigade of the AFU near Torskoye, Lozovoye, Novoselovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Kupyansk (Kharkov region). 

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 230 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 13 motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns. Four ammunition depots, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-fire radar, and seven electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

🚩 As a result of resolute actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Aleksandro-Kalinovo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

💥 Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Kleban-Byk, Serebryanka, Pleshcheyevka, Aleksandro-Shultino, Konstantinovka, Zvanovka, and Ivanopolye (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one pickup truck, three artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.

📍 Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two national guard brigades near Dimitrov, Udachnoye, Petrovskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Vladimirovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Dachnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region). 

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 410 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle and one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.

 Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one national brigade near Olgovskoye, Temirovka, Poltavka (Zaporozhye region), Novopetrovskoye, Yanvarskoye, Voronoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Iskra (Donetsk People’s Republic). ▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 205 troops, seven motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and one electronic warfare station.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, three coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades near Lukyanovskoye, Pavlovka, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Sadovoye, Antonovka, and Tokarevka (Kherson region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 80 troops, one motor vehicle, two field artillery guns, and six electronic warfare stations. One Israeli-made RADA radar station, five ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck UAV depots and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 132 areas.

🎯 Air defence units shot down one guided aviation bomb and 338 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

🔹 664 aircraft,

🔹 283 helicopters,

🔹 74,186 unmanned aerial vehicles,

🔹 624 anti-aircraft missile systems,

🔹 24,418 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

🔹 1,584 MLRS combat vehicles,

🔹 28,103 field artillery guns and mortars,

🔹 39,015 special military vehicles.

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