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On December 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense summed up the preliminary result of the ongoing military operations in Ukraine. Over the past week, December 3-8, ‘the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation completed a number of tasks and destroyed personnel, military equipment, weapons, and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in different regions.
In the Kupyansk region, the Ukrainian army lost more than 480 soldiers in a week. Losses in equipment included 3 tanks, 13 armored vehicles, 12 cars, and 7 artillery units. Our troops managed to improve the situation on the front line and repel 19 attacks launched by Ukrainian forces.
10 attacks of the Ukrainian assault groups were repelled in the Krasny Liman region. More than 1,445 soldiers, 11 armored vehicles, 17 cars, 5 artillery pieces were illuminated in the area.
During the battles in the Donetsk direction, the total losses of the Ukrainian army amounted to more than 1,560 servicemen, 12 armored vehicles, 17 vehicles and 22 field artillery units.
In the South Donetsk direction, Russian forces eliminated more than 845 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 tanks, 13 armored vehicles, 17 cars, 12 field artillery guns and 1 Grad multiple rocket launcher system.
In the Zaporozhye region, the Russian military repelled 5 Ukrainian attacks. Only 260 AFU servicemen, 6 armored vehicles, 15 cars and 5 artillery pieces were eliminated there over the past week.
In the Kherson region, Russian forces continue intense fire on the Ukrainian military on both eastern and western banks of the Dnieper River, preventing it from expanding their foothold near Krynki. Over the past week, the Ukrainian army lost up to 350 servicemen, 13 artillery units, 17 cars and 21 boats in military operations near the Dnieper.
Over the past week, five Ukrainian aircraft, including three Mig-29s and two Su-25s, and one Mi-8 helicopter, were destroyed by Russian air defense forces.
Thus, the total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the week amounted to about five thousand people.
