August 6, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,155 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

of special military operation as of 6 August 2025

๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one jaeger brigade, one air assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Andreyevka, Korchakovka, Novaya Sech, Peschanoye, Ryzhevka, Khrapovshchina, and Yastrebinoye (Sumy region).

๐Ÿ’ฅ In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade, and one assault regiment of the AFU near Ambarnoye, Volchansk, Gatishche, Khatneye, and Chugunovka (Kharkov region).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and seven artillery guns. Five ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

๐Ÿ“ Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of three mechanised brigades and one assault brigade of the AFU near Stavki, Stary Karavan (Donetsk People’s Republic), Druzhelyubovka, and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to up to 230 troops, one tank, two UK-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicles, and six pickup trucks. Three field artillery guns, six ammunition depots, and eight electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

๐Ÿ“ Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one artillery brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, the Azov Special Operations Brigade, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Golubovka, Zvanovka, Ivanopolye, Ilyinovka, Konstantinovka, and Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 troops, one pickup truck, and five artillery guns.

rigade, one airmobile brigade, one UAV assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Artemovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Rubezhnoye, Udachnoye, Yalta (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopavlovka, and Filiya (Dnepropetrovsk region).

โ–ช๏ธThe AFU losses amounted to more than 360 troops, one tank, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one 152-mm D-20 gun. One ammunition depot was destroyed.

โ†—๏ธ Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defence and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade near Novoivanovka, Novonikolayevka, Olgovskoye, Poltavka, Temirovka (Zaporozhye region), Velikomikhaylovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Aleksandrograd, and Iskra (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and eight motor vehicles.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one coastal defence brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Daryevka, Lvovo (Kherson region), and Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops, three motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, one counter-battery radar, five electronic warfare stations, four ammunition and materiel depots.

โœˆ๏ธ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops, and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck objects of the gas transportation system, which ensure operation of the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, long-range UAV depots as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.

๐ŸŽฏ Air defence units shot down seven guided aerial bombs and 244 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Units of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed two uncrewed surface vehicles of the enemy in the southwestern part of the Black Sea waters.

๐Ÿ“Š In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost: 

๐Ÿ”น 664 aircraft,

๐Ÿ”น 283 helicopters, 

๐Ÿ”น 74,970 unmanned aerial vehicles,

๐Ÿ”น 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

๐Ÿ”น 24,464 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 1,584 MLRS combat vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 28,214 field artillery guns and mortars, 

๐Ÿ”น 39,180 units of support military vehicles.

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