August 17, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,385 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

med Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

💥 Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two heavy mechanised brigades, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Mogritsa, Sadki, Stepnoye, Kiyanitsa, Kondratovka, Okop, Varachino, Novay Setch, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

🔥 In Kharkov direction, units of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and one assault regiment of the AFU have been hit near Udy, Zarubinka, Volchansk, Ambarnoye, and Melovoye (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 180 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, one electronic warfare station, and four ammunition depots.

📍  The Zapad Group’s units improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade, two assault brigades of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Novoselovka, Kirovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kupyansk, Petrovka (Kharkov region), and Petrovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one UK-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicle, 17 motor vehicles, one artillery gun, three electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots.

📍 The Yug Group’s units improved the situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Fedorovka, Chervonoye, Seversk, Kleban-Byk, Vasyukovka, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka, Dronovka, and Ivanovopolye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The enemy lost up to 250 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, three pickup trucks, three field artillery guns, one Israeli-made RADA radar station, and two electronic warfare stations. Four ammunition and POL depots were neutralised.

📍 The Tsentr Group’s units took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on formations of four mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one assault brigade, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, three marine brigades, and two national guard brigades close to Udachnoye, Dimitrov, Balagan, Grodovka, Lenino, Sukhoy Yar, Zolotoy Kolodez, Novoaleksandrovka, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 420 troops, one tank, seven armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one Israeli-made RADA radar station.

dware of one marine brigade and two territorial defence brigades near Poltavka, Zeleny Gai (Zaporozhye region), and Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 230 troops, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 howitzer.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Novoandreyevka, Orekhov, Zapasnoye (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye, Nikolskoye, and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).

▪️ Up to 85 troops, six motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, six electronic warfare stations, four ammunition and POL depots were neutralised.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on a storage area of the Sapsan operational-tactical missiles and their components, ammunition and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles depots, temporary deployment areas of the AFU formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down four guided aerial bombs and 300 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 665 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 77,959 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 24,618 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,586 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 28,625 field artillery guns and mortars,

▫️ 39,813 units of support military vehicles.

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