August 10, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,375 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 10 August 2025

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

💥 The Sever Group of Forces’ units hit manpower and hardware of one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, one air assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the AFU near Andreyevka, Varachino, Pershe Travnya, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

🔥 In Khharkov direction, formations of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade, and one assault regiment of the AFU suffered losses near Volchansk, Liptsy, Chugunovka, and Tikhoye (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, eight field artillery guns, to include one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 and one U.S.-made M114 howitzers, one ammunition depot, and six materiel depots.

The Zapad Group of Forces’ units captured more advantageous lines and positions, hit formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade close to Osinovo, Kupyansk, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), Karpovka, Shanndrigolovo, and Kirovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, four electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition depots.

The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades close to Seversk, Slavyansk, Druzkovka, Konstantinovka, Aleksandro-Shultino, Ivanopolye, and Kleban-Byk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️The enemy’s losses amounted to more than 215 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, eight pickup trucks, three NATO-made field artillery guns, and one ammunition depot.

The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units captured more advantageous lines and positions, hit formations of three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, one air assault brigade of the AFU , one marine brigade, and one national guard brigade close to Dimitrov, Sukhetskoye, Rodinskoye, Chunishino, Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Filiya (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, one tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.

nd two territorial defence brigades close to Iskra, Aleksandrograd (Donetsk People’s Republic), Voronoye, Ivanovka, Novopetrovka, Kalinovskoye, and Vasilkovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to 245 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and ten motor vehicles. One electronic warfare station and one materiel depot were wiped out.

💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces hit formations of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Novoandreyevka, Lukyanovskoye, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Berislav, Nikolskoye, Antonovka, and Dneprovskoye (Kherson region).

▪️Up to 85 troops, eight motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, five electronic warfare stations, and two materiel depots were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged a railway hub in Dnepropetrovsk region, which provided for a redeployment of the AFU to Donbass, depots of long-range UAVs, and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 134 areas.

🎯Air defence systems shot down two Neptune long-range guided missiles, three guided aerial bombs, six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 372 fixed-wing UAVs.

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

 665 aircraft,

▪️ 283 helicopters,

▪️ 76,185 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▪️ 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▪️ 24,519 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▪️ 1,584 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▪️ 28,360 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▪️ 39,418 units of support military vehicles.

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