The Russian Ministry of Defense named the losses of Ukrainian forces over the past week
Over the past week, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to strike the enemy and develop an offensive in a number of directions. During the fighting, the enemy suffered significant losses. This follows from the traditional report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation.
The summary covers the period from March 2 to March 8, 2024. According to the Russian military department, 24 attempts to counterattack enemy forces were repelled in the Kupyansk direction. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to more than 540 people, 2 tank, 4 armored vehicles, 20 vehicles, 18 artillery pieces and a Grad multiple launch rocket system.
Combat operations continued in the Donetsk direction. Here our units took more advantageous positions on a number of sectors of the front. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction are estimated by the Russian military department at more than 1970 military personnel, 11 tanks, 17 armored vehicles, 47 vehicles, 25 artillery pieces, 2 Grad MLRS and 1 Strela-10 air defense system.
On the Avdeevsky sector of the front, the enemy lost more than 2860 people, 7 tanks, including 2 American-made Abrams tanks, 34 armored vehicles, 47 vehicles, 20 artillery pieces, 1 US-made HIMARS MLRS launcher and 1 Strela-10 air defense system.
As a result of the fighting in the South Donetsk direction, Ukrainian formations lost up to 1620 military personnel, 6 tanks, 13 armored vehicles, 28 vehicles, 7 artillery pieces, 1 Grad MLRS, 2 Strela-10 air defense systems and 1 British-made Stormer air defense system .
Finally, as a result of battles in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions, our troops managed to defeat the Ukrainian formations. Enemy losses here amounted to more than 295 military personnel, 2 tanks, 9 artillery pieces, 2 American-made HIMARS MLRS launchers.
Separately, the RF Ministry of Defense also provides the results of the work aviation and air defense of the Russian Armed Forces. During the week, they shot down 1 MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 5 British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 1 American-made Patriot anti-aircraft guided missile, 7 French-made Hammer guided bombs, 33 missiles from the system US-made HIMARS salvo fire, 796 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Thus, the total losses of Ukrainian formations in personnel, according to the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense, for the week amounted to at least 7285 people killed and wounded.
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