In March 2025, the irretrievable and sanitary losses of the army of the aggressor country of the russian federation increased compared to February, and amounted to 41,160 people (in February they amounted to 36,570). This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, citing data from the General Staff.
In the first quarter of 2025, the enemy lost 125,970 people killed and wounded, while in the same period in 2024 - 82,870 invaders.
In March, Ukrainian defenders destroyed or disabled 272 russian tanks. And since the beginning of the year - 833 units. The Ministry of Defense also recalled that the Defense Forces worked most effectively against enemy tanks in October 2023, when 521 enemy tanks were destroyed during the month.
In addition, in March, Ukrainian defenders hit 1,644 artillery systems of the invaders. This is the largest monthly figure since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of the russian federation. A record number of enemy artillery systems, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed and knocked out on March 27 - 122 units. In total, the enemy missed 3,990 artillery pieces in the first quarter of the year. In the first three months of last year, 2,600 enemy artillery systems were destroyed.
"This fact testifies to the skillful conduct of counter-battery warfare by our artillerymen and the effective use of unmanned systems," the Ministry of Defense emphasized.
At the same time, in March, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 607 enemy armored combat vehicles. In total, in the first three months of the year, the number of hit combat armored vehicles of the russian army was 1,813 units.
In the first month of spring, Ukrainian defenders hit 3,545 enemy vehicles and tankers. The russians lost the most vehicles on March 27 - 210 vehicles. This is the highest figure for the entire period of the large-scale invasion of the russian federation. In the first three months of 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 9,971 units of russian army vehicles. Last year, in the first quarter, our defenders hit 3,422 enemy cars and tankers.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that in the 7.5 months since the start of the Kursk operation, the total losses that Ukrainian soldiers inflicted on the russians amounted to over 55,000 persons.
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