October 19, 2025

Russian Ministry of Defense:  up two 1600 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

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

💥 The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian units inflicted fire damage on formations of a tank brigade, a jaeger brigade, an air assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigades close to Khrapovshchina, Sadki, Pushkarevka, Pavlovka, Andreyevka, Kondratovka, and Varachino (Sumy region).

🔥 In Kharkov direction, units of a heavy mechanised brigade and a motorised infantry brigade have been hit near Volchansk and Dvurechanskoye (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, two artillery guns including a 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher, and two materiel depots.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit seven mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a UAV battalion of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades near Petrovka, Kurilovka, Nechvolodovka, Shiykovka, Kovsharovka, Boguslavka, Kupyansk in Kharkov region, Krasny Liman, and Ostrovskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 230 troops, a tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, and an artillery gun. Eleven electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were neutralised.

📍 The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the situation along the front line. Five mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade have hit near Seversk, Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Ivanopolye, Slavyansk, Stepanovka, and Berestok (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The enemy lost up to 205 troops, two tanks, one Kazak armoured fighting vehicle, nine pickup trucks, a self-propelled artillery system, and one M113 armoured personnel carrier, one HMMWV armoured vehicle, and one MaxxPro armoured vehicle. A U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-fire radar and three ammunition depots were neutralised.

🚩 As a result of active offensive operations, the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Chunishino (Donetsk People’s Republic).

💥 Russian elements engaged manpower and materiel of two heavy mechanised brigades, six mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, a jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, and a territorial defence brigade near Toretskoye, Grishino, Novogrigorovka, Novopavlovka, Dimitrov, Volnoye, Novonikolayevka, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 485 troops, one tank, one Kazak armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.

💥 Russian units damaged two mechanised brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades near Dolinka, Egorovka, Dorozhnyanka (Zaporozhye region), Alekseyevka, and Privolye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to more than 380 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and one materiel depot.

💥 The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Otradokamenka, Zmiyevka, Lvovo, Sadovoye (Kherson region), Pavlovka, and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ More than 90 troops, 14 motor vehicles, three artillery guns, a P-18 radar, two electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot were neutralised.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on the transport infrastructure that supports the Armed Forces of Ukraine as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian armed formations in the 143 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down two guided aerial bombs, three HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 323 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 667 aircraft, 

▫️ 283 helicopters, 

▫️ 91,200 unmanned aerial vehicles, 

▫️ 633 anti-aircraft missile systems, 

▫️ 25,575 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 

▫️ 1,604 MLRS combat vehicles, 

▫️ 30,590 field artillery guns and mortars,  

▫️ 44,349 support military vehicles.

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