July 27, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,210 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

๐Ÿช– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

๐Ÿ“ The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops engaged two mechanised brigades, an air assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Alekseyevka, Andreyevka, Kondratovka, and Mogritsa (Sumy region).

๐Ÿ’ฅ In Kharkov direction, units of an infantry brigade and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit close to Gatishche, Melovoye, and Chugunovka (Kharkov region).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to more than 170 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, and eight artillery guns including a Western-made artillery piece.

โ–ช๏ธ Two ammunition and three material depots were neutralised.

๐Ÿ“ The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the forward edge. Russian elements hit three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defence brigade near Drobyshevo, Karpovka, Shandrigolovo (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).

โ–ช๏ธ The enemy losses amounted to more than 225 troops, a tank, an armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, and a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire station.

โ–ช๏ธ Nine ammunition depots have been neutralised.

๐Ÿ“ The Yug Group’s elements took more advantageous lines and positions. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade close to Zakotnoye, Kleban-Byk, Konstantinovka, Krivaya Luka, and Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ–ช๏ธ The enemy lost amounted to up to 130 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and six artillery guns, including a Western-made artillery piece.

โ–ช๏ธ Two ammunition and three material depots were neutralised.

๐Ÿ“ The Tsentr Group’s units improved the tactical situation. Russian units damaged a mechanised brigade, an airborne brigade, an air assault brigade, an infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, and a national guard brigade near Grodovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Rosy Lyuksemburg, and Sukhoy Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to more than 425 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.

uard brigade have been hit near Novogeorgiyevka, Novopetrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Kulturnoye, Temirovka (Zaporozhye region), and Zeleny Gai (Donetsk People’s Republic).

โ–ช๏ธ The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, and a field artillery gun.

โ–ช๏ธ Two ammunition and two material depots were neutralised.

๐Ÿ’ฅ The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades and a coastal defence brigade of the AFU near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region) and Antonovka (Kherson region).

โ–ช๏ธ More than 60 troops, seven motor vehicles, two artillery guns, and five electronic warfare stations were neutralised. Two ammunition depots and a material depots were hit.

โœˆ๏ธ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on UAV production workshops, control posts for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles as well as temporary deployment areas of AFU units and foreign mercenaries in 146 areas.

๐ŸŽฏ Air defence systems shot down two guided aerial bombs, three Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles, and 291 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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 72,950 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 624 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

๐Ÿ”น 24,348 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 1,581 MLRS combat vehicles, 

๐Ÿ”น 27,874 field artillery guns and mortars, 

๐Ÿ”น 38,764 support military vehicles.

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