Ukraine has lost more than 1,760 military both killed and wounded in the Donetsk direction from September 24-29, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
"As a result of the fighting [in the Donetsk direction], the enemy lost more than 1,760 Ukrainian military personnel killed and wounded, 40 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, as well as 70 vehicles. During the counter-battery battle, 13 field artillery guns and two Grad multiple launch rocket systems were hit," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine has also lost over 750 military in the South Donetsk direction, over 210 military in the Kupyansk direction, up to 250 military in the Kherson direction, and over 360 military in the Krasny Liman direction, the ministry added.
Russian Forces Destroy Control Center of Foreign Legion in Ukraine
The Russian military has conduced nine strikes at targets in Ukraine using cruise missiles and drones this week, the ministry said, adding that a control center belonging to the Ukrainian Foreign Legion has been destroyed.
"In the period from September 24 to 29, the Russian armed forces carried out nine group strikes with long-range precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles. Ammunition warehouses, military equipment of Ukrainian armed forces, training sites of sabotage groups, as well as accommodation facilities for Ukrainian military personnel and foreign mercenaries were hit," the ministry said.
The strikes destroyed a control center of the Foreign Legion, two large ammunition warehouses, as well as the supply of foreign-made weapons and logistical support for Ukrainian troops operating in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, the ministry added.
"The Russian aerospace forces destroyed five combat aircraft of the Ukrainian air force this week … two more MiG-29 fighters delivered from Poland, modernized for the use of Western missile weapons, were destroyed [during a strike at an airfield in Mykolaiv on Thursday night," the ministry said.