November 4, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense:  ‘up to 1,440 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

▫️In Kharkov direction, the units of the Sever Group of Forces have defeated formations of the AFU 71st Airmobile Brigade, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 5th Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Volchansk, Liptsy, Udy, and Odnorobovka (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses were more than 25 troops, three motor vehicles, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

▫️The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 43rd, 60th, 630th, 92nd mechanised brigades, the 3rd Assault Brigade, 115th, 125th territorial defence brigades, and the 1st National Guard Brigade close to Borovskaya Andreyevka, Pershotravnyovoye, Kovsharovka, Senkovo, Boguslavka (Kharkov region), Petrovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Terny (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Four counter-attacks of the 3rd Tank Brigade and the 60th Mechanised Brigade’s assault detachments have been repelled. 

The AFU losses were up to 440 troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, one 155-mm M198 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and two UK-made 105-mm L-119 guns. Three ammunition depots and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station have been neutralised.

▫️The units of the Yug Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of enemy defences. Russian troops have inflicted fire damage on 30th, 33rd, 54th, 67th mechanised brigades, the 46th Airmobile Brigade, 5th and 79th Air Assault Brigades of the AFU near Konstantinovka, Predtechino, Minkovka, Chasov Yar, Kurakhovo, Dalneye, and Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

One counter-attack of the AFU 33rd Mechanised Brigade has been repelled. 

The AFU losses were more than 490 troops, one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, two UK-made L-119 105-mm guns, two ammunition depots, and six electronic warfare stations.

▫️The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 32nd, 110th mechanised brigades, the 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 68th Jaeger Brigade, the 35th Marine Brigade, 101st, 117th, 119th territorial defence brigades, 12th and 14th national guard brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Dimitrov, Baranovka, Kleban-Byk, Dyleyevka, Novoselidovka, Dzerzhinsk, Berestki, Shcherbinovka, Mirolyubovka, Shevchenko, and Nelepovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

In addition, 10 counter-attacks of 35th, 93rd, 100th, 117th mechanised brigades, the 152nd Jaeger Brigade, 49th and 425th assault battalions of the AFU, and the 37th Marine Brigade have been repelled. 

The AFU losses were more than 420 troops, one M113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, three pick-up trucks, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 self-propelled artillery system, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100-mm Rapira gun.

artillery systems.

▫️The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the 110th Mechanised Brigade, 124th, 126th, and 129th territorial defence brigades close to Nikopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), Oskorovka, Nikolskoye (Kherson region), and Kherson.

The AFU losses were up to 65 troops, two motor vehicles, and two ammunition depots.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, engergetic facilities and an oil refinery that supported the AFU, production plants and storage areas of uncrewed surface vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 132 areas.

▫️Air defence facilities have shot down four U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS projectiles, one French-made Hammer aerial guided bomb, and 42 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,258 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,038 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,484 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,295 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,972 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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