February 10, 2026

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,245 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 10 February 2026

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

📍 The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Group’s units inflicted losses on the formations of one assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Pokrovka, Ugroyedy, and Kharkovka (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov region, units of one mechanised brigade and one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Grafskoye, Neskuchnoye, Okhrimovka, and Tsupovka (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, 13 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. Six ammunition and materiel depots were neutralised.

▫️ The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one national guard brigade have been hit near Kovsharovka (Kharkov region), Aleksandrovka, Ilyichovka, Korovy Yar, and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy lost more than 150 troops, 12 motor vehicles, and five ammunition depots.

📍 The Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops hit one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Izhevka, Konstantinovka, Minkovka, Nikiforovka, and Reznikovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 troops and two field artillery guns.

▫️ The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and two national guard brigades close to Belitskoye, Grishino, Gulevo, Dobropolye, Novy Donbass, Sergeyevka, Toretskoye, Shevchenko, Donetsk People’s Republic, Novopavlovka, Novopodgorodnoye, and Raipole (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 295 troops, one tank, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and two motor vehicles.

 The Vostok Group’s units continue to advance to the depths of the enemy’s defence and liberated Zaliznichnoye in Zaporozhye direction.

💥 Losses were inflicted at one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade and one air assault brigade, four assault regiments, and two UAV battalions of the AFU near Bratskoye, Kommunarovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Verkhnaya Tersa, Vozdvizhevka, Dorozhnyanka, Komsomolskoye, Kopani, and Rizdvyanka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The enemy lost up to 420 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and nine motor vehicles.

🔥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mountain assault brigade of the AFU near Zapasnoye (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ Over 35 troops, four motor vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition, materiel, and POL depots have been neutralised.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on fuel and energy infrastructure facilities used for the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, storage and pre-launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 139 areas.

▫️ Air defence systems shot down four guided aerial bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, one Neptune long-range missile, and 72 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 670 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 113,068 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 650 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 27,575 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,661 MLRS vehicles, 

▫️ 33,176 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 54,013 support military vehicles.

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