February 28, 2026

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,330 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

🚩 As a result of resolute actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Neskuchnoye in Kharkov region.

📍 The Group’s formations hit units of two mechanised brigades and one motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Verkhnayay Pisarevka, Podsredneye, and Pechenegi in Kharkov region.

💥 In Sumy region, Russian troops inflicted losses on one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Bezdrik, Kondratovka, and Miropolye (Sumy region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 220 troops, 15 motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and two electronic warfare stations. One ammunition depot and two materiel depots were neutralised.

📍 The Zapad Group’s units improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard assault brigade near Kovsharovka, Novoosinovo, Pristen (Kharkov region), and Shchurovo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The enemy losses amounted to up to 190 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, and three artillery guns. Five ammunition depots were neutralised.

📍The Yuzhnaya Group’s units improved the situation along the front line. Units of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, and one airmobile brigade of the AFU were hit near Konstantinovka, Kaleniki, Rai-Aleksandrovka, and Krivaya Luka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

▪️The enemy lost up to 140 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, one MLRS system, two field artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station. Two ammunition and three materiel depots were neutralised.

📍 The Tsentr Group’s formations took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one airmobile brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and one marine brigade close to Toretskoye, Novopavlovka, Svetloye, Svaytogorovka, Grishino (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Podgavrilovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, one tank, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, one artillery gun, eight motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.

💥 Formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one air assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and one national guard brigade were hit near Lesnoye, Kopani, Samoylovka, Barvinovka, Komsomolskoye in Zaporozhye region, and Dobropasovo in Dnepropetrovsk region.

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 330 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. Two ammunition and one materiel depots were neutralised.

💥 The Dnepr Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Orekhov, Kamyshevakha, and Grigorovka in Zaporozhye region.

▪️The enemy lost more than 50 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and one materiel depot.

✈️  Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted damage on energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian defence industry, UAV launch sites, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 149 areas.

▫️Air defence systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs, ten HIMARS MLRS projectiles, one Flamingo long-range cruise missile, and 315 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 670 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 118,121 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 651 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 27,942 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,675 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 33,529 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 55,461 support military vehicles.

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