Russian forces continue to shoot down Ukrainian combat jets and US-made tactical ballistic missiles.
“During the period, [Russia’s] air defenses shot down Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-25 jets, a Neptune long-range missile, seven US-made ATACMS missiles, four French-made Hammer controlled aircraft bombs, two US-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems, 47 US-made HIMARS rockets and 375 drones”, the MoD said in a statement.
Russia’s tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery also destroyed three US-made Patriot missile launchers and a radar station, as well as three radar stations deployed by the Mars-L, ATCR-33S and Skala-M aerial reconnaissance systems.
The total number of aircraft destroyed since the start of the special military operation amounts to 632 airplanes, 278 helicopters, 28,839 unmanned aerial vehicles, 559 air-to-air missile systems, 16,740 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,395 combat multiple rocket launcher vehicles, 12,714 field artillery and mortar shells and 24,283 special military vehicles.
Ukraine lost up to 4,020 soldiers in the operational area of Russia's Battlegroup Yug in the past week, the ministry added.
"The enemy lost up to 4,020 Ukrainian troops, two tanks including a German-made Leopard, ten armored fighting vehicles, including three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 19 motor vehicles, and 68 field artillery guns, including 33 Western-made ones, in the past seven days," the statement read, adding that the battlegroup improved its positions.
In battles with Russian troops of the Battlegroup Zapad, Ukraine lost up to 3,605 soldiers, the MoD said. Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr repelled 43 counterattacks, during which Kiev lost up to 2,635 servicemen.
Russia's Battlegroup Sever repelled 27 counterattacks, with Kiev losing up to 1,755 troops, while operations by Battlegroup Vostok resulted in Ukraine losing up to 905 soldiers, the ministry said.
The Russian armed forces also carried out 11 group strikes on Ukrainian military and industrial facilities, drone assembly shops and military echelons.