March 27, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,170 Ukrainian casualties in the past day; one Ukrainian MiG-29 shot down by Russian air defense

Russian Defense Ministry

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

💥 In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on concentration areas of manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Prokhody, Ugroyedy, Stepok, and Mikhaylovskoye (Sumy region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, and two artillery guns.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one air assault regiment of the AFU near Kondrashovka, Boguslavka, Novoplatonovka (Kharkov region), and Yampol (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, three pickup trucks, and nine field artillery guns, including one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer.

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade near Seversk, Pleshcheyevka, Platonovka, Minkovka, Chasov Yar, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 280 troops, one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier and one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Eight motor vehicles and two ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on formations of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one national guard brigade near Mirolyubovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlino, Zverevo, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The Ukrainian armed formations sustained losses of up to 465 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 135 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, one motor vehicle, and three field artillery guns.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Lobkovoye, Stepnogorsk, Novopokrovka (Zaporozhye region), and Antonovka (Kherson region).

▪️ Up to 80 troops, five motor vehicles, one artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot of the enemy were eliminated.

🛫  Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of a military airfield, production buildings of an arms plant of the Ukrainian defence industry, assembly workshops for attack UAVs, an AFU supply depot, missile projectiles and ammunition depots, as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 157 areas.

🔎  Air defence units shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, two U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs, and one HIMARS MLRS projectile, as well as 137 fixed-wing UAVs.

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

▫️ 660 aircraft,

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 48,599 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 601 anti-aircraft missile systems,

▫️ 22,511 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▫️ 1,532 MLRS combat vehicles,

▫️ 23,011 field artillery guns and mortars,

▫️ 33,388 units of support military vehicles.

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