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Kiev loses over 8,400 soldiers, mercenaries in combat over past week — Russian expert

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 157 words
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The article reports claims by military expert Andrey Marochko regarding Ukrainian casualties and equipment losses over a one-week period. It cites data attributed to the Russian Ministry of Defense to quantify the losses in manpower and military hardware.

Propaganda risk 40%
Claims checked 8
Techniques found 2
Topics 2

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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What happened

The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 8,400 soldiers and mercenaries in killed and wounded, including foreign mercenaries, over the past week.

Why it matters

According to military expert Andrey Marochko, Russia’s Battlegroup Group Center inflicted the greatest damage on the enemy.

Common ground

"The enemy’s medical and irreparable losses amounted to approximately 8,440 Ukrainian fighters and mercenaries.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Authority: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

The article reports claims by military expert Andrey Marochko regarding Ukrainian casualties and equipment losses over a one-week period. It cites data attributed to the Russian Ministry of Defense to quantify the losses in manpower and military hardware.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://tass.com/politics/2115891

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40%
Propaganda Score
confidence: 90%
Moderate concerns. Notable use of persuasive or loaded language.

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Appeal to Authority 70% confidence
Citing an authority figure as evidence, even when the authority is not qualified on the topic.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Russian forces also destroyed... 50 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations”
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While some sources mention the destruction of counter-battery radars (e.g., TASS mentioning two radars), none of the provided evidence confirms the specific number of 50 stations destroyed over the course of the week.
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web search NEUTRAL — In addition, the enemy lost three tanks, two… Читать далее Russian Armed Forces destroyed AFU counter-battery radar stations.According to the defense ministry, soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces eli…
https://en.tavria.tv/news/russian-armed-forces-destroyed-afu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian forces destroyed two US-made counter-battery radars in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman…
https://tass.com/politics/1562831
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian drone forces destroy Russian electronic warfare system worth $10 million. Tue, January 27, 2026 - 14:42.Fighters of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Russian R-330Zh Zhitel elec…
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukrainian-drone-forces-destr…
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Claim 2: “Russian forces also destroyed... nearly 700 different armored combat vehicles belonging to the enemy.”
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The search results for this claim are entirely irrelevant, focusing on the Russian language and alphabet, providing no information on armored combat vehicles.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Russian language is also one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station – NASA astronauts who serve alongside Russian cosmonauts usually take Russian language courses.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian Alphabet Table. Use this table to help you learn the Russian alphabet. It would also be useful to learn how to say the Russian letters.
https://www.russianlessons.net/lessons/lesson1_alphabet.php
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian is an Eastern Slavic language spoken mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, and in many other countries.
https://www.omniglot.com/writing/russian.htm
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Claim 3: “Russian forces also destroyed... 128 ammunition, fuel, and materiel depots”
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Evidence mentions the destruction of 31 depots in one instance and 2 in another, but no source corroborates the specific figure of 128 depots.
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web search NEUTRAL — In addition, Russian forces destroyed 31 ammunition, fuel and materiel depots of the Ukrainian army, it said. Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts over 2,395 casualties on Ukrainian army in week.
https://tass.com/politics/2108027
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web search NEUTRAL — Two ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed. The units of the Dnepr group of forces have improved their tactical situation. Formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Armed F…
https://en.iz.ru/en/2080708/2026-04-17/summary-special-opera…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian forces have struck facilities of Ukraine's defense industry and transport infrastructure, as well as sites for assembly, storage and launch of long-range drones, the Russian Defense Ministry s…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250907/mod-russia-destroys-ukrain…
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Claim 4: “Russian forces also destroyed four tanks”
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The search results for this claim are entirely irrelevant, focusing on the Russian language and learning Russian, providing no information on tank destruction.
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web search NEUTRAL — Education in Russian is still a popular choice for both Russian as a second language (RSL) and native speakers in Russia, and in many former Soviet republics. Russian is still seen as an important lan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn Russian online with our free Russian language lessons. Includes Russian audio, grammar, vocabulary, alphabet, verbs, pronunciation and exercises.
https://www.russianlessons.net/
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web search NEUTRAL — This site contains a wide range of materials to help you learn Russian. Pick up some basic phrases, expand your vocabulary, or find a language partner to practise with.
https://www.speaklanguages.com/russian/
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Claim 5: “The greatest losses in manpower were inflicted on the Ukrainian armed forces in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center, operating on the western borders of the Donetsk People’s Republic and in the Dnepropetrovsk region”
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The search results for this claim returned definitions of the word 'highest' and information about mountains, failing to provide any military data regarding Battlegroup Center or losses in Donetsk/Dnepropetrovsk.
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web search NEUTRAL — As of November 2025, the highest peaks on four of the mountains— Gangkhar Puensum, Labuche Kang III, Tongshanjiabu and Apsarasas Kangri [b], all located in India, Bhutan or China —have not been ascend…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_on_E…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of HIGH is rising or extending upward a great distance or a distance greater than others of its kind : taller than average, usual, or expected. How to use high in a sentence. …
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highest
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web search NEUTRAL — top note - The highest in a piece of music or in a singer's vocal range. paramount, tantamount - Paramount means "primary, top," and tantamount means "equivalent to, same as"; paramount first meant "h…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/highest
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Claim 6: “The enemy’s medical and irreparable losses amounted to approximately 8,440 Ukrainian fighters and mercenaries.”
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No evidence provided confirms the specific total of 8,440 casualties. One source mentions 1,075 troops in 24 hours for a different date (May 18, 2026), but this does not corroborate the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian war include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the war in Donbas, and be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian forces struck AFU infrastructure in Chernihiv; Ukrainian losses amounted to approximately 1,075 troops over the past 24 hours.
https://southfront.press/military-situation-in-ukraine-on-ma…
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web search NEUTRAL — War in Ukraine. Russian casualties. Support for Ukraine.Source: Armed Forces of Ukraine. We also tried to estimate the cost of military equipment that the Russian army has lost during the fighting aga…
https://index.minfin.com.ua/en/russian-invading/casualties/
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Claim 7: “The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 8,400 soldiers and mercenaries in killed and wounded, including foreign mercenaries, over the past week.”
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The provided evidence contains general casualty statistics from Wikipedia and a study, but none of the sources confirm the specific figure of 8,400 casualties for the week ending April 13.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Ukrainian armed forces suffered the greatest manpower losses in the area of operation of Russia’s Battlegroup East in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions,” he wrote on the VKontakte social n…
https://thetimesofrussia.com/politics/kiev-loses-8400-troops…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1,175 of the Ukrainian servicemen died due to non-combat causes by 5 March 2021.[21] Subsequently, the military did not publish new figures on their non-comba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian forces have also suffered major losses – between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties, of which between 100,000 and 140,000 were killed – from February 2022 to December 2025.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/28/ukraine-war-br…
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Claim 8: “Russian forces also destroyed... more than 2,400 different unmanned aerial vehicles”
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Sources mention the destruction of 67 UAVs and 17 UAVs, but there is no evidence provided that corroborates the figure of 'more than 2,400' UAVs for the week.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bayraktar TB2 is a family of medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicles capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by the air defense systems on duty over the territories of the Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Voronezh, Rostov…
https://tass.com/defense/2131863
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web search NEUTRAL — This was announced on February 5 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.The news is being updated.
https://en.iz.ru/en/2037940/2026-02-05/air-defense-forces-de…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.