March 24, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,355 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

💥 In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades close to Miropolye, Ugroyedy, Turya, and Krasnopolye (Sumy region).

▪️The enemy’s losses amounted to more than 175 troops, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and four artillery guns including a French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system. One ammunition depot was destroyed.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops engaged three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Kamenka, Shiykovka, Zagoruykovka, Tishchenkovka, Kondrashovka, Cherneshchina (Kharkov region), Novoye, Kolodezi, Yampol, and Redkodub of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 250 troops, a tank, four armoured fighting vehicles including two M113 armoured personnel carriers, and a U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle. Four motor vehicles, three Western-made artillery guns including a UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, three electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots have been neutralised.

↗️ Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian elements damaged six mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades near Seversk, Novomarkovo, Verolyubovka, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Kurdyumovka, Ulyanovka, and Tarasovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The enemy lost more than 310 troops, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five pick-up trucks, five field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and a fuel depot.

📍Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian formations engaged three mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicles brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, and a national guard brigade near Dimitrov, Zverevo, Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye, Novosergeyevka, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, two French-made VAB armoured personnel carriers, eight motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mountain assault brigade and an airmobile brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, and a territorial defence brigade close to Razliv, Volnoye Pole, Novopol (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns including a German-made 155-mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system.

▪️The enemy’s losses amounted to more than 175 troops, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and four artillery guns including a French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system. One ammunition depot was destroyed.

📍The Dnepr Group’s units improved the situation along the front line. Units of a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades have been hit near Novodanilovka, Malye Shcherbaki, Lobkovoye, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Ponyatovka, and Antonovka (Kherson region).

▪️Up to 90 troops, a tank, three motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, an electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot of the enemy have been neutralised.

🛫 Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the military airfield infrastructure, ammunition depots, production plants, storage and training sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 142 areas during the day.

🔎  Russian air defence systems have shot down four JDAM guided aerial bombs and three HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day as well as 227 fixed-wing drones.

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

659 aircraft, 

283 helicopters, 

48,312 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

601 anti-aircraft missile systems,

22,471 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

1,530 MLRS combat vehicles, 

22,946 field artillery guns and mortars, 

33,323 units of support military vehicles .

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