June 15, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense:  up to 1,285 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

▫️Last night, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massed high-precision strike by long-range air- and sea-based weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles at an oil refinery in Kremenchug (Poltava region), which supplies fuel to the AFU detachments in Donbas. 

✅The goal of the strikes has been achieved, the target has been engaged.

↗️Units of the Sever Group of Forces advanced deep into the enemy defence. Strikes were launched at a cluster of manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, two air assault brigades, and one air assault regiment of the AFU near Khrapovshchina, Andreyevka, Pisarevka, Kondratovka, Ryzhevka, Varachino, Sadki, Khoten, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, formations of one mechanised brigade, two motorised infantry brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades were hit close to Udy, Volchansk, and Ivashki (Kharkov region).

▪️The AFU losses were up to 150 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, and one materiel depot.

↗️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more favourable lines and positions. The Group’s units inflicted fire damage on formations of three mechanised brigades, two assault brigades of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades near Kutkovka, Kolodeznoye, Novosergeyevka, Kupyansk, Borovaya, Glushkovka (Kharkov region), and Kirovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The enemy lost up to 210 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five pickup trucks, one artillery gun, one Anklav electronic warfare station, and seven ammunition depots.

📍The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation. Manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one motorised infantry brigade, one artillery brigade, one jaeger brigade, and one airmobile brigade of the AFU suffered losses near Seversk, Minkovka, Serebryanka, Pleshcheyevka, Dyleyevka, Zarya, Kleban-Byk, Vasyukovka, and Konstantinovka  (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The AFU lost up to 195 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, one field artillery gun, one counter-battery radar station, and one electronic warfare station. One materiel depot was destroyed.

🚩 As a result of active and resolute actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Ulyanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) was liberated.

💥 Formations of four mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one assault brigade, one air assault brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one national guard brigade were hit near Petrovskogo, Dimitrov, Stepanovka, Grodovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Novonikolayeka, and Novosergeyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The enemy losses were up to 495 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one Kozak armoured vehicle, seven motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns, to include one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system. One Israeli-made Rada electronic counter-battery electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were destroyed.

▪️The enemy lost more than 170 troops, three armoured combat vehicles, nine motor vehicles, two artillery guns, and one counter-battery radar station.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces hit formations of four mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one coastal defence brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Lezhino, Novoandreyevka, and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Tyaginka, and Olgovka (Kherson region). 

▪️Up to 65 servicemen, five motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 gun, one counter-battery radar station, two electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted damage on UAV command posts, ammunition depots, and temporary deployment areas of the AFU units and foreign mercenaries in 143 areas.

🎯Air defence systems shot down two guided aerial bombs and 128 fixed-wing UAVs.

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

▫️ 663 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 63,633 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 611 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 23,906 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,572 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 26,219 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 36,871 special military vehicles.

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