April 1, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,190 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

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 manpower and hardware concentration areas of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Ugroyedy, Turya, and Miropolye (Sumy region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and four motor vehicles. One field ammunition depot was destroyed.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Kamenka, Dvurechnaya, Zagoruykovka, and Kondrashovka (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns, including two foreign-made guns. Two electronic warfare stations and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire radar were destroyed.

📍 The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situationLosses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one special operations brigade near Seversk, Nikolayevka, Pleshcheyevka, Katerinovka, and Novoolenovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 255 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, and one artillery gun.

sitionsLosses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one infantry brigade, and one jaeger brigade of the AFU near Grishino, Shevchenko, Krasnoarmeysk, Novosergeyevka, and Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 430 troops, one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns.

🚩 As a result of active and decisive operations, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Razliv (Donetsk People’s Republic).

💥 Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Bogatyr, Yalta, Zaporozhye, and Zelenoye Pole (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, one tank, four motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns.

📍 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces took more advantageous positions and inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade and two territorial defence brigades near Pridneprovskoye, Ivanovka, and Antonovka (Kherson region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 75 troops, one tank, four motor vehicles, one artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, and two ammunition depots.

🛫  Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck ammunition depots and production sites of explosives, as well as engaged temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.

🔎  Air defence units shot down 67 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 660 aircraft,

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 49,247 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 601 anti-aircraft missile systems,

▫️ 22,622 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▫️ 1,533 MLRS combat vehicles,

▫️ 23,152 field artillery guns and mortars,  

▫️ 33,572 units of support military vehicles.

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