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Military expert Andrey Marochko has reported that Ukrainian forces lost roughly 10,000 troops and mercenaries in battles with Russian forces over the past week, continuing a trend of mounting casualties for the sixth consecutive week. Marochko, citing data from the Russian Defense Ministry, said the enemy's sanitary and irrecoverable losses amounted to 10,075 Ukrainian militants and mercenaries, or 550 more than in the previous reporting period.
Coverage Comparison
The figure of approximately 10,000 weekly losses was reported by TASS on June 29, quoting Marochko's analysis of Russian Defense Ministry data. A week earlier, on June 22, TASS carried Marochko's estimate of about 9,525 Ukrainian troops and mercenaries killed or wounded, which he said was 155 more than the previous week, marking the fifth consecutive week of rising casualties. The same military expert noted in mid-June that Ukrainian losses had been rising for a fourth week in a row.
In a separate analysis published on June 17, TASS calculated, based on daily reports from the Russian Defense Ministry, that the Ukrainian army lost approximately 21,405 soldiers between June 1 and 16, with the heaviest casualties inflicted by Russia's battlegroups Center and East. That report also placed Ukrainian losses at 16,230 between May 2 and 16, rising to 17,620 between May 17 and 31.
For the month of June, Marochko reported on July 1 that over 38,300 Ukrainian service members and foreign mercenaries were killed or wounded in action, a figure he said was 7,180 more than in May. The monthly and weekly figures are not directly comparable because they cover different time periods, but both indicate a sustained upward trend in reported Ukrainian casualties according to these sources.
The weekly loss figures vary slightly between reports, with the June 22 report citing 9,525 and the June 29 report citing 10,075. These differences can be attributed to the different reporting periods and the ongoing accumulation of casualties.
Key Claims
- Ukrainian forces lost approximately 21,405 soldiers between June 1 and 16, with the heaviest casualties from actions by Russia's battlegroups Center and East, as calculated by TASS from Russian Defense Ministry daily reports.
- Ukrainian losses stood at 16,230 between May 2 and 16, rising to 17,620 between May 17 and 31, according to TASS calculations.
- Over 38,300 Ukrainian service members and foreign mercenaries were killed or wounded in action in June, 7,180 more than in May, as reported by military expert Andrey Marochko, citing Russian Defense Ministry data.
- In June, Russian forces destroyed 16,300 drones, 12 tanks, nine multiple rocket launchers, 270 field artillery pieces, 155 electronic warfare systems and radars, as well as almost 2,400 enemy combat vehicles, according to Marochko.
- In the week reported on June 22, Russian forces destroyed 3,900 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles, two Grad multiple rocket launchers, over 600 combat vehicles, and 34 electronic warfare systems and counterbattery radars, per Marochko.
- In the week reported on June 29, Russian forces destroyed over 4,500 Ukrainian drones, nearly 500 various combat vehicles, 77 field artillery guns, five multiple rocket launchers, and 38 electronic warfare and counterbattery radar stations, according to Marochko.