The latest daily tally shows a brutal day on the front lines, with Ukrainian officials reporting a total of 930 Russian soldiers lost in a single Wednesday. The day unfolded with a cascade of attacks across five sections of the front, resulting in heavy casualties and another round of attritional fighting. The figures come from Kyiv’s General Staff and are part of the ongoing assessment shared on Thursday.
Kyiv also released figures indicating that the previous 24 hours saw Russia suffer substantial equipment losses, including 18 tanks, 43 armored vehicles, and more than forty artillery systems. These numbers underscore the sustained pressure on Russian forces as the war drags on, even as both sides adapt to shifting tactical realities on the battlefield.
Since the summer counteroffensive began, Ukrainian forces have been attempting to consolidate gains and push Russian troops back from several strategic pockets. Russian units have pressed along the Kupiansk area in the northeast and the Avdiivka and Mariinka sectors to the east, while seeking to regain positions in Zaporizhzhia in the south and in the Bakhmut region further to the south.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, wrote in a lengthy article this week that the conflict has entered a phase characterized by positional warfare. He suggests that meaningful maneuvering from either side should not be expected in the near term, with both sides concentrating on holding lines and exploiting limited openings.
In the broader analysis, Ukrainian officials describe heavy losses among personnel and equipment as waves of infantry advances and occasional armored sorties attempt to encircle Avdiivka. Independent observers have noted modest advances by Russian forces near Kupiansk and Avdiivka in the most recent hours, but these incursions have not translated into significant territorial gains.
Kyiv continues to report offensive operations on the Zaporizhzhia front and in the southern sectors around Bakhmut. Despite repeated counterattacks aimed at driving Russian forces back toward the Sea of Azov, those efforts have not yet achieved a decisive breakthrough and remain within a limited operational corridor as the front lines stabilize in many sectors.