June 7, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,465 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike by high-precision long-range weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles at the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, workshops manufacturing strike unmanned aerial vehicles, maintenance, weapons and hardware repairing centres as well as ammunition depots of the AFU. The goal of the strike was achieved. All the assigned targets were engaged.

🔥 The Sever Group of Forces engaged clusters of manpower and hardware of a heavy mechanised brigade, three mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades close to Ugroyedy, Ivolzhanskoye, Malaya Korchakovka, Radyanskoye, Khoten, Yastrebinoye, Yunakovka, and Sadki (Sumy region).

▪️ AFU losses amounted to more than 230 troops, an armoured combat vehicle, six motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. Two electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were eliminated.

📍 Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Maleyevka, Nizhneye Solenoye, Kovsharovka, Olgovka, Moskovka, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Volchiy Yar, Kirovsk, and Yampol (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU lost more than 225 troops, a U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, 21 motor vehicles, and an artillery gun. Five electronic warfare stations, a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-fire radar, and six ammunition depots have been neutralised.

📍 The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades and two mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU near Kleban-Byk, Zarya, Seversk, Chasov Yar, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy lost up to 190 troops, four motor vehicles, and a field artillery gun. One Nota electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were neutralised.

↗️ Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. The Group’s units hit two mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, two air assault brigades of the AFU, a marine brigade, and a national guard brigade near Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Sergeyevka, Novonikolayevka, Alekseyevka, Udachnoye, and Novosergeyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy’s losses amounted to more than 515 troops, four Kazak armoured fighting vehicles, eight pickup trucks, five field artillery guns, and a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-32 counter-fire radar.

↗️ Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. ️ Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades of the AFU, a marine brigade, a territorial defence brigade near Komar (Donetsk People’s Republic) Gulyaypole, and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 205 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns, to include a U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer. Two electronic warfare stations, ammunition and a materiel depot were eliminated.

💥 The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged formations of a mechanised brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade near Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Ilinka (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Antonovka(Kherson region).

▪️ The enemy lost up to 100 troops, eight motor vehicles, an artillery gun, six electronic warfare stations, a Plastun signal intelligence station, and two ammunition depots.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU temporary deployment areas in 144 areas.

▪️ In waters of the Black Sea, four uncrewed surface vehicles have been destroyed.

▪️ Air defence units shot down 311 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including 140 outside the special military operation zone.

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

 663 aircraft, 

 283 helicopters, 

 62,124 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

 610 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

 23,800 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

 1,570 MLRS combat vehicles, 

 25,825 field artillery guns and mortars, 

 36,590 units of support military vehicles.

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