by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 10 April 2025Part 2 (👉 see Part 1) The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade near Poddubnoye, Bogatyr, Shevchenko, and Otradnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).▪️ The AFU losses were up to 170 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns, including one French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system. Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one territorial defence brigade close to Novopavlovka, Blagoveshchenskoye, and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).▪️ The AFU losses were up to 90 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and one ammunition depot. Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the military airfield infrastructure, missile artillery, ammunition, and military hardware depots as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 144 areas. Air defence systems shot down nine JDAM guided bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile as well as 200 fixed-wing drones.📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the AFU losses amounted to: 660 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 50,812 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,752 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,534 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,434 field artillery guns and mortars, 33,876 units of special military vehicles. Russian Defence Ministry
