July 14, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,105 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

πŸ“Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, one jaeger brigade, one air assault brigade, two assault regiments, and one air assault regiment of the AFU near Alekseyevka, Ryzhevka, Kondratovka, Khrapovshchina, Varachino, and Sadki (Sumy region).

πŸ’₯ In Kharkov direction, formations of one air assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade were hit near Okhrimovka, Khatneye, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

β–ͺ️The AFU have lost more than 150 servicemen. Three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and one Plastun electronic reconnaissance station were destroyed.

πŸ“The Zapad Group’s units improved the situation along the front line and hit formations of four mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades close to Petro-Ivanovka, Petrovka, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Kolodezi, Zelenaya Dolina, and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

β–ͺ️The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 20 motor vehicles, and two artillery guns. Four electronic warfare stations, one radar station for detecting air targets, and five ammunition depots were wiped out.

πŸ“The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Kleban-Byk, Pleshcheyevka, Zakotnoye, Slavyansk, Seversk, Krivaya Luka, Svyato-Pokrovskoye, Konstantinovka, Serebryanka, and Dronovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

β–ͺ️The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 troops, one Kazak armoured vehicle, eight motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots.

 The Tsentr Group’s units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy’s defence and liberated Mayak (Donetsk People’s Republic).

πŸ’₯ Strikes were delivered at formations of six mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airborne brigade, two UAV brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, two marine brigades, three territorial defence brigades, and four national guard brigades close to Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye, Novopavlovka, Rodinskoye, Vladimirovka, Muravka, Petrovskogo, Stepanovka, Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopodgorodnoye, and Philiya (Dnepropetrovsk region).

β–ͺ️The AFU losses amounted to up to 360 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, one Kazak armoured vehicle, and four artillery guns.

brigade, one air assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Temirovka, Poltavka (Zaporozhye region), Novopol, and Tolstoy (Donetsk People’s Republic).

β–ͺ️Up to 185 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and one Verba MLRS combat vehicle were eliminated.

πŸ“The Dnepr Group’s units improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Kamenskoye, Plavni, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Sadovoye, Ponyatovka, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).

β–ͺ️Up to 60 troops, six motor vehicles, seven electronic warfare stations, one Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 radar station, and two ammunition depots were eliminated.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, and Missile troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on ammunition production enterprise, centers of recruitment, infrastructure of military airfields, storage areas of unmanned aerial vehicles and anti-ship missiles, ammunition and fuel depots as well as temporary deployment areas of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 140 areas.

🎯Air defence systems shot down three guided aerial bombs and 120 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

πŸ“Š In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

 663 aircraft,

 283 helicopters,

 69,490 unmanned aerial vehicles,

 616 anti-aircraft missile systems,

 24,212 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

 1,577 MLRS combat vehicles,

 27,356 field artillery guns and mortars,

 38,143 special military vehicles.

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