The largest daily losses of russians since the beginning of 2026 occurred on March 17. The Ministry of Defense announced this on its Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"The occupiers tried to take advantage of the fog and launched offensives in several areas of the front, in particular in the Zaporizhzhia Region. The defense forces were ready for this, so the enemy lost 1,710 soldiers killed and wounded over the day. The damage was recorded on video," the statement said.
The Ministry of Defense notes that Ukrainian combat formations were not broken through anywhere.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses of russian troops on March 17 increased by 1,710 people to 1,282,570.
On March 17, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that in order to keep the army of the aggressor country russia from growing, Ukraine needs to kill 40,000-45,000 russian military every month.
On March 13, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said, that for the third month in a row, the aggressor country russia has been losing more soldiers at the front in Ukraine than it has time to recruit.
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