September 17, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,555 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

💥 Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of two mechanised brigades and one assault regiment of the AFU near Varachino, Andreyevka, Sadki and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, units of one AFU motorised infantry brigade and one territorial defence brigade have been hit near Velikaya Pisarevka (Sumy region) and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. Eight ammunition and materiel depots were neutralised.

📍 The Zapad Group’s units improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU and one national guard brigade close to Kupyansk, Boguslavka, Borovskaya Andreyevka, Gorokhovatka (Kharkov region), Kirovsk and Yampol (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to more than 250 troops, one British-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicle, 28 motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.

▪️ One Seyalka MLRS launcher, nine electronic warfare stations, and one ammunition depot were neutralised.

📍 The Yug Group’s elements took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Seversk, Pereyezdnoye, Fedorovka, Stepanovka, Mayskoye, Pleshcheyevka, Svayto-Pokrovskoye, Konstantinovka, and Roskoshnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy lost up to 255 troops, one tank, six armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer. Two electronic warfare stations and five ammunition and POL depots were neutralised.

📍 The Tsentr Group’s units improved the situation along the front line. Manpower and hardware of one heavy mechanised brigade, two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault brigade, three air assault brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade were hit near Belitskoye, Novy Donbass, Krasny Liman, Lenino, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 535 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, including one M113 armoured personnel carrier, one MaxxPro armoured vehicle, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.

↗️ The Vostok Group’s units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy’s defence. Strikes were delivered at formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades close to Verbovoye, Velikomikhaylovka, Berezovoye (Dnepropetrovsk region) and Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 275 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 13 motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.

💥 The Dnepr Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and one coastal defence brigade of the AFU near Malye Shcherbaki, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Olgovka, Antonovka, and Yantarnoye (Kherson region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops and eight motor vehicles. Eight electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were neutralised.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces have inflicted damage on railway infrastructure used in the interests of the AFU, storage and launch areas of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 149 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down 357 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

💥 An enemy uncrewed surface boat was destroyed in the north-western part of the Black Sea.

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

▫️ 667 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 84,865 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 628 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 25,138 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,592 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 29,657 field artillery guns and mortars,  

▫️ 42,034 units of support military vehicles.

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