January 10, 2026

Russian Ministry of Defence:  up to 955 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

📍 Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Group’s units inflicted losses on the formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Ryzhevka and Kucherovka (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, units of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade have been hit close to Staritsa and Volchanskiye Khutora in Kharkov region.

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 troops and three motor vehicles. Three materiel depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one air assault brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Glushkovka, Nechvolodovka, Grushevka (Kharkov region) and Ilyichevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 190 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. Four field ammunition depots were eliminated. 

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Formations of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade were defeated near Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Krivaya Luka, Zakotnoye, Kramatorsk, and Slavyansk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 190 troops, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, four artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, and one counter-battery warfare station. Four ammunition depots and four materiel depots were neutralised.

📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one airmobile brigade, two air assault brigades, three assault regiments of the AFU, and two national guard brigades close to Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Grishino, Krasnoyarskoye, Rodinskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Mezhevaya and Novopodgorodnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 410 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns.

💥 The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to the Orekhov, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), and Sadovoye (Kherson region).

▪️ Up to 35 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and one artillery gun were neutralised.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on energy infrastructure that provides work to the Ukranian defence industry, fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down one Neptune long-range guided missile and 70 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 670 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 108,276 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 645 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 27,042 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,637 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 32,484 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 51,345 units of support military vehicles.

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