March 9, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,360 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

▫️ In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two motorised infantry brigades of the AFU close to Kazachya Lopan and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

▫️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops, nine motor vehicles, and four artillery guns. One communication station was neutralised.

▫️ Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades and one airmobile brigade of the AFU were hit near Monachinovka, Zagoruykovka, Kondrashovka, Kupyansk, Podvysokoye, Gorokhovatka (Kharkov region), and Serebryansky forestry.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 255 troops, 10 motor vehicles, two Western-made field artillery guns, one Polonez and one Nota electronic warfare stations, and one ammunition depot.

▫️ Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one guard brigade of the AFU General Staff, one territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades suffered losses close to Shcherbinovka, Rozovka, Dronovka, Druzhkovka, Grigorovka, Dyleyevka, Seversk, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 250 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, and two materiel depots.

▫️ Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences. Formations of four mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, two jaeger brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, two marine brigades, and one national guard brigade were hit close to Ulyanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Kotlino, Shevchenko, Uspenovka, Udachnoye, Petrovskoye, Novopavlovka, Dimitrov, Mirolyubovka, Alekseyevka, and Sribnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 580 troops, two M113 armoured personnel carriers, and one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, two French-made VAB armoured personnel carriers, four motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.

▫️ As a result of active and decisive operations, the Vostok Group of Forces’ units liberated Konstantinopol (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Strikes were delivered at formations of two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one marine brigade near Bogatyr, Fedorovka, Veseloye, Voskresenka, Dneproenergiya, and Razliv (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 145 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, and three field artillery guns, to include one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system.

▫️The Dnepr Group of Forces’ units inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and one mountain assault brigade of the AFU near Novonikolayevka, Davydov Brod (Kherson region), Pyatikhatki, and Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region).

Up to 80 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, to include one  U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made HIMARS and one U.S.-made MLRS launchers, one Israeli-made RADA RPS-82 radar station, one electronic warfare station, three ammunition depots, and one materiel depot were eliminated.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged clusters of AFU manpower and hardware in 143 areas during the day.

▫️Air defence systems have shot down one JDAM guided bomb, two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles as well as 228 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including 99 of them outside the special military operation zone.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 45,877 unmanned aerial vehicles, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,090 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,525 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,390 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,630 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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