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Ukraine loses about 1,235 troops in special military operation zone in past day

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The article reports daily casualty and equipment loss figures for the Ukrainian military across various sectors of the conflict zone, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. It details specific locations and types of Ukrainian units targeted by different Russian battlegroups.

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“The Ukrainian army lost about 1,235 troops in the special military operation zone in the past day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily bulletin.”
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The claim that the Russian Defense Ministry reported approximately 1,235 Ukrainian troop losses is confirmed by multiple independent web search results, including TASS and another news report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство оборони України, МОУ, romanized: Ministerstvo oborony Ukrainy, MOU) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees national defen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Ukraine)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Korea has been involved in the Russo-Ukrainian war since 2017, escalating from diplomatic support to arms deliveries from 2023, and deployment of Korean People's Army units to assist Russia in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_involvement_in_th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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“Ukraine lost over 175 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North”
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The specific figure of 'more than 175 personnel' in the area of Battlegroup North is explicitly mentioned in the web search result detailing the Russian Defense Ministry's bulletin.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The defense industry of Russia is a strategically important sector and a large employer in the Russian Federation. As of April 2025, it employs approximately 4.5 million people nationwide. It also acc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Golden Dome is a planned multi-layer missile defense system for the United States, intended to detect and destroy ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles before they launch or during their flig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Estimated list of the equipment of the Russian Ground Forces in service as of 2025. Due to ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, quantities of operational equipment are highly uncertain and details of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Russi…
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“up to 210 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West”
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The figure of 'up to 210' (or '210 personnel') in the West/Battlegroup West area is corroborated by multiple search results citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has its own complex system of awards. This not only includes awards common to all the Armed Forces but also service specific and departmental awards s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_emblems_of_the_Mini…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence of Mongolia (Mongolian: Монгол Улсын Батлан хамгаалах яам) is a ministry of the Government of Mongolia. According to the Law on the Defence of Mongolia, the Ministry is respons…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Mongolia)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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“up to 160 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South”
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The figure of 'up to 160' in the South area is explicitly listed in the web search result summarizing the Russian Defense Ministry's bulletin.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Estimated list of the equipment of the Russian Ground Forces in service as of 2025. Due to ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, quantities of operational equipment are highly uncertain and details of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Russi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi) exercises administrative and operational leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Uzbekista…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tupolev Tu-160 (Russian: Туполев Ту-160 «Белый лебедь», romanized: Bely Lebed, lit. 'White Swan'; NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing nuclear-capable heavy strateg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160
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“up to 320 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center”
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The figure of 'up to 320' in the Center area is corroborated by the web search result summarizing the Russian Defense Ministry's bulletin.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has its own complex system of awards. This not only includes awards common to all the Armed Forces but also service specific and departmental awards s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_emblems_of_the_Mini…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, commonly referred to by its transliterated acronym GRAU (ГРАУ), is a department of the Ministry of Defence of Russia responsible for the military acquisitio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Missile_and_Artillery_Dir…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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“over 330 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup East”
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The figure of 'over 330' in the East area is corroborated by the web search result summarizing the Russian Defense Ministry's bulletin.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Russian Defense Ministry reported that over the past week, the Ukrainian forces lost up to 3,330 troops in the Battlegroup Center’s area of responsibility.
https://tass.com/politics/2018833
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web search NEUTRAL — The Russian Defense Ministry released its daily operational bulletin on Sunday, claiming that Ukrainian forces suffered approximately 1,235 casualties across multiple sectors of the special military o…
https://ilkha.com/english/world/russian-defense-ministry-rep…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicted more than 2,545 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy tanks and 36 armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the week, the minis…
https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/02/06/2059084.html
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“up to 40 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Dnepr”
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The figure of 'up to 40' (or 'roughly 40') in the Dnepr area is corroborated by both TASS and the general bulletin summary.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr eliminated roughly 40 Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy armored combat vehicle in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
https://tass.com/politics/2117375
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web search NEUTRAL — The Russian Defense Ministry released its daily operational bulletin on Sunday, claiming that Ukrainian forces suffered approximately 1,235 casualties across multiple sectors of the special military o…
https://ilkha.com/english/world/russian-defense-ministry-rep…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s battlegroups made Ukraine lose about 1,370 troops in the special military operation zone in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the enem…
https://www.bundle.app/en/breaking-news/russian-battlegroups…
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“Units of Russia’s Battlegroup North hit the forces of a Ukrainian mechanized brigade, an air assault brigade, an assault regiment and a territorial defense brigade near Velikaya Rybitsa, Pustogorod, Novaya Sloboda, Khmelevka and Dibrova in the Sumy Region.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the Russian language and does not mention military actions in the Sumy Region.
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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 — Russian language, principal state and cultural language of Russia. Together with Ukrainian and Belarusian, the Russian language makes up the eastern branch of the Slavic family of languages.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Russian-language
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“They also struck the forces and equipment of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades and a territorial defense brigade near Ambarnoye and Ryasnoye in the Kharkov Region.”
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“The Ukrainian army lost 16 motor vehicles and two field artillery systems [in the Battlegroup North area].”
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“Battlegroup West hit the forces and equipment of three Ukrainian mechanized brigades, an assault brigade and two territorial defense brigades near Pristen and Petrovka in the Kharkov Region, and Svyatogorsk and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).”
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“The Ukrainian military lost an infantry fighting vehicle, a Bucephalus personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, 19 motor vehicles and three artillery systems, including a Polish-made Krab 155 mm self-propelled howitzer [in the Battlegroup West area].”
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“Units of Battleground South struck the forces of six Ukrainian mechanized brigades and a territorial defense brigade near Nikolayevka, Kondratovka, Alexeyevo-Druzhkovka, Piskunovka, Rai-Alexandrovka and Konstantinovka in the DPR.”
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“The enemy lost a Kozak armored combat vehicle and 17 motor vehicles [in the Battlegroup South area].”
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“Units of Russia’s Battleground Center hit the forces and equipment of five Ukrainian mechanized brigades, a jaeger brigade, an air mobile brigade, an assault regiment, a marine brigade, five National Guard brigades, and the special task brigade Azov... near Priyut, Vodyanskoye, Belitskoye, Dobropolye, Shevchenko, Vasilyovka, and Kucherov Yar in the DPR, and Novopavlovka and Novopodgorodnoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region.”
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“The Ukrainian armed forces lost seven armed vehicles, seven motor vehicles and three field artillery systems [in the Battlegroup Center area].”
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“Units of Battleground East struck the forces and equipment of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an air assault brigade and four assault regiments near Dolinka, Rovnoye, Lesnoye, Charivnoye, Omelnik and Vozdvizhenka in the Zaporozhye Region, and Gavrilovka, Pokrovskoye and Velikomikhailovka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region.”
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“The enemy lost two armored personnel carriers and eight motor vehicles [in the Battlegroup East area].”
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“Units of Battlegroup Dnepr hit the forces of a Ukrainian heavy mechanized brigade, a mountain assault brigade and an unmanned system brigade near Novokairy and Novoalexandrovka in the Kherson Region and Dimitrovo in the Zaporozhye Region.”
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“Russian forces wiped out an M113 armored personnel carrier, 14 motor vehicles, two field artillery systems and two electronic warfare systems [in the Battlegroup Dnepr area].”
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