September 3, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,075 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

ight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range high-precision air- and sea-based weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial industry and fuel infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

✅ Targets of the strike were hit. All the objects were neutralised.

📍 The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops delivered strikes at formations of three mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade near Alekseyevka, Varachino, Mogritsa, Proletarskoye, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, Russian servicemen launched attacks on formations of one motorised infantry brigade and one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Volchansk and Udy (Kharkov region).

▪️ The enemy losses were up to 135 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 11 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. One electronic warfare station, two ammunition depots, and eight materiel depots were neutralised.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces’ units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Borovskaya Andreyevka, Glinskoye, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), and Drobyshevo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses were more than 230 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, and two artillery guns. In addition, nine electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were neutralised.

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Ilyinovka, Konstantinovka, Nikolayevka, and Platonovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy losses were more than 200 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and three artillery guns including two Western-made ones. In addition, two electronic warfare stations, one ammunition depot, and one materiel depot were neutralised.

💥 The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, two air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one National Guard brigade close to Veseloye, Gruzskoye, Zolotoy Kolodez, and Novotroitskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses were up to 450 troops, seven armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. In addition, two counter-fire radar stations were neutralised.

ehicle, eight motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. In addition, one material depot was destroyed.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces launched attacks on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades near Antonovka, Nikolskoye, Lvovo (Kherson region), Belogorye, and Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses were up to 60 troops, nine motor vehicles, two artillery guns, and four electronic warfare stations. In addition, one material depot was destroyed.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted fire damage on the transport infrastructure of Ukraine, which was used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary deployment areas of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 168 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down five guided aerial bombs, two U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 170 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 666 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 81,300 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 627 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 24,938 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,589 MLRS fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 29,200 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 40,956 special military vehicles.

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