June 14, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,315 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

↗️ The Sever Group of Forces advanced to the depths of the enemy’s defence, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, three air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Vakalovshchina, Ivolzhanskoye, Ryzhevka, Khoten, Khrapovshchina, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.

↗️ The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Group hit units of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Dolgenkoye, Moskovka, Kupyansk, Kislovka, Olgovka (Kharkov region), Karpovka, and Zelenaya Dolina (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy lost more than 220 troops, nine motor vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots.

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. They hit manpower and military hardware of six mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk, Nikiforovka, Pazeno, Reznikovka, Chasov Yar, Dyleyevka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 175 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, three pickup trucks, and two field artillery guns, including one U.K.-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer.

🚩 As a result of the resolute actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Zeleny Kut (Donetsk People’s Republic) was liberated.

💥 Russian troops inflicted damage on formations of six mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, two air assault brigades, a UAV brigade and a UAV regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, and one assault brigade of the Ukrainian National Police near Razino, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Novopavlovka, Alekseyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Novopodgorodnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 520 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles, eight pickup trucks, and four field artillery guns.

📍 The Vostok Group’s units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy’s defence and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanised brigades and two territorial defence brigades near Zaporozhye, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 195 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Stepnogorsk, Novoivanovka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Ponyatovka, and Belozerka (Kherson region).

▪️ The enemy sustained losses of up to 60 troops, four motor vehicles, two electronic radio stations, one counter-fire station, and two ammunition and fuel depots.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted damage on the strike drone production plants and their storage areas, ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down two U.S.-made JDAM aerial bombs, 110 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including 63 outside the special military operation zone.

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

▫️ 663 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 63,505 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 611 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 23,896 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,572 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 26,179 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 36,842 special military vehicles.

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