November 24, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,590 Ukrainian casualties in the last 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 units of a mechanised brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade near Miropolye, Yezdetskoye, Alekseyevka, Andreyevka, and Varachino (Sumy region).

🔥 In Kharkov direction, units of a motorised infantry brigade and an assault regiment have been hit near Nesternoye and Vilcha (Kharkov region).

▪️ The enemy has lost more than 135 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and two ammunition and materiel depots.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade have been hit near Kucherovka, Glushkovka, Kurylovka, Boguslavka, Nechvolodovka, Novy Mir, Podoly (Kharkov region), Krasny Liman, Dibrova, and Drobyshevo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 230 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, two self-propelled artillery systems, one Romanian-made APR-40 MLRS launcher, and nine electronic warfare stations have been neutralised. Five ammunition depots were eliminated.

📍 The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit formations of three mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigades near Krivaya Luka, Nikolayevka, Stepanovka, Kramatorsk, Vasyukovka, Ivanopolye, and Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy lost more than 235 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. Three depots of materiel and fuel were destroyed.

📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units improved the situation along the front line. In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, an airmobile brigade, two air assault brigades, a jaeger brigade, a special operations brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU and a marine brigade have been hit close to Artyomovka, Toretskoye, Dobropolye, Sergeyevka, Belitskoye, Rodinskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopavlovka, and Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

➡️ In Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic), assault groups of the 2nd Army have completely liberated the Gornyak and Shakhtersky microdistricts, and continue to mop up Rovnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

➡️Russian troops repelled eight attacks of the 82nd and the 95th air assault brigades and the 425th Assault Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Grishino (Donetsk People’s Republic) launched to unblock an encircled group of the AFU.

▪️ Up to 35 troops and one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier have been neutralised.

➡️ In Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic), assault detachments of the 51st Army continue to push the enemy out of the Vostochny and Zapadny microdistricts, and southern part of the city. More than 148 buildings have been liberated.

▪️ Over the past 24 hours in Krasnoarmeysk direction, up to 250 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, one pickup truck, and two field artillery guns have been engaged.

▪️ In total, more than 425  troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, 10 motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, have been neutralised in the Tsentr Group’s area of responsibility.

As a result of active offensive actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Zatishye (Zaporozhye region).

💥 Russian troops inflicted losses on the formations of two assault brigades and two assault regiments of the AFU have been hit close to Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Vozdvizhevka, Dobropolye (Zaporozhye region) and Otradnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ Up to 245 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, and one Israeli-made RADA radar station have been neutralised.

💥 The Dnepr Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a coastal defence brigade of the AFU, and the territorial defence brigade near Novoandreyevka, Stepovoye, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), and Pridneprovskoye (Kherson region).

▪️ More than 70 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, seven electronic warfare stations, and six ammunition, materiel, and fuel depots have been neutralised.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on Ukrainian energy, transport and port infrastructure, which are used in the interests of the AFU, ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down 345 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 668 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 98,278 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 638 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 26,216 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,619 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 31,510 field artillery guns and mortars, 

▫️ 47,531 special military vehicles.

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