January 25, 2026

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,335 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

📍 Units of the Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on units of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Korchakovka, Sosnovka, Kucherovka, and Stetskovka (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Volchanskiye Khutora and Zakharovka (Kharkov region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 175 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, 21 motor vehicles, one MLRS combat vehicle, and two artillery guns, including one Western-made sample. Ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the forward edge. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Bezerovka, Nechvolodovka, Petrovka (Kharkov region), Korovy Yar, and Sosnovoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops, 17 motor vehicles, and one Western-made artillery gun. Three ammunition depots were wiped out.

📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one marine brigade near Konstantinovka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, and Reznikovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 215 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 14 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. One ammunition and three materiel depots were wiped out.

🪖  The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units improved the situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of five mechanised brigades, two airmobile brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and three national guard brigades near Belitskoye, Grishino, Dobropolye, Rodinskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopavlovka, and Novopodgorodnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 375 troops, one tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one Western-made artillery gun, and one electronic warfare station.

ssault regiment of the AFU near Zelenoye, Verkhnaya Tersa, Lyubitskoye, Gorkoye, Vozdvizhevka, Zaliznichnoye (Zaporozhye region), Volnoye, and Aleksandrovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 315 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. One materiel depot was destroyed.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade and one mountain assault brigade of the AFU near Orekhov and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 troops, 11 motor vehicles, one Western-made artillery gun, one counter-fire radar, four electronic warfare stations, and one materiel depot.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck one power infrastructure facility, which ensured operation of the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, one production workshop, storages, and launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 159 areas.

🎯 Air defence units shot down two guided aerial bombs, 31 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 68 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 670 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 111,017 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 646 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 27,302 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▫️ 1,651 MLRS combat vehicles,

▫️ 32,825 field artillery guns and mortars,

▫️ 52,754 units of support military vehicles.12`

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