Russia reports nearly 43,000 casualties in July as Ukraine makes territorial gains
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry says Russia suffered 42,860 battlefield losses in July, while Ukraine recaptured about 300 square miles on its southern front.
Ukrainian defense officials reported that Russian military casualties in July totalled 42,860, combining killed and wounded personnel, making it the fourth most lethal month since the conflict started. The same ministry claimed Ukraine reclaimed close to 300 square miles and 26 settlements on the southern front, pushing Russian troops back over seven miles near the Dnipro, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Kyiv also said it struck deep into Russian territory, damaging the Savasleyka airbase, an oil depot and the Progress Rocket Space Center in Samara with Flamingo missiles and guided bombs.
Russian defense sources noted the deployment of 152 Shahed drones, which resulted in the death of a three-month-old child and injuries to 49 people in Dnipro. Both sides continue to exchange heavy fire, with Ukraine emphasizing the need to diminish Russia's war capability.
Why it matters
The high Russian casualty count and Ukraine's advances could shift momentum in the ongoing conflict.
How this story developed
- Aug 3 Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses destabilize Russian e-commerce network
- Aug 4 Russian forces launched multiple ballistic missiles at Kyiv early Wednesday, igniting fires in two districts and prompting air-defence action.
- Aug 5 President Zelensky criticised delays in receiving anti‑ballistic systems after the attack.
- Aug 5 Reports specify that 44 people were injured.
- Aug 8 Russian missiles hit three sites in the Boryspil district outside Kyiv, killing three people - one a child - and injuring three more, officials said.
- Aug 8 The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that none of the 115 drones and 28 ballistic missiles were shot down.
- Aug 9 The attacks now include a drone‑triggered fire at a Russian oil refinery.
- Aug 12 President Vladimir Putin said Russia will retaliate if EU members confiscate Russian cargo vessels, calling the moves akin to piracy.
- Aug 13 Ukrainian drones struck a site in Bashkortostan, leading to an evacuation and a fire.
- Aug 14 Russia said its forces hit a railway station at the Danube port of Izmail and two tugboats near Mykolaiv, while Ukrainian drones sparked fires at the Baltic oil terminal of Ust-Luga and damaged a warehouse near Moscow.
- Aug 15 Putin publicly warned that Russia may seize European merchant vessels in retaliation for recent shadow‑fleet boardings.
- Aug 15 Ukraine announced the missile strikes on the Progress Centre and Savasleyka air base.
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