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[Korrespondent] The 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade from the Kemerovo Region of the Russian Federation suffered the greatest losses - about 2,500 dead.
Internal Russian documents show catastrophic losses for the 41st Army of the Central Military District. We are talking about thousands of dead, missing and deserters. This was reported by the I Want to Live project on Thursday, July 17.
Thus, as of June 1, 2025, at least 8,625 servicemen of the 41st Combined Arms Army of Russia have died during the war against Ukraine. Another 10,491 are considered missing in action, and 7,846 are deserters.
Among all the units, the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade from the Kemerovo Region of the Russian Federation suffered the greatest losses - about 2,500 killed, almost 3,000 missing and about the same number declared wanted.
"Based on the pre-war strength of the motorized rifle brigades of the Russian Armed Forces (around 3,500 people - ed.), the 74th Brigade, in these categories alone, without taking into account prisoners of war and the wounded, has replaced two full complements," the report says.
According to the project, the Russian army suffered these losses mainly in the Pokrovsk region of Donetsk. A particularly high percentage of deserters is noted among mobilized prisoners.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated 1,190 Russian invaders . Since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 1,038,650 servicemen.
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[NewsFront] 21:19 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 24 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
21 UAVs - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Oryol region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Ryazan region.
21:07 Specialists of the Rubicon Center struck equipment, communication systems, shelters, ground robotic systems, temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and enemy UAVs.
20:28 122mm D-30 crew of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted a precise strike on an enemy UAV control point in the Zaporizhia region.
The 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS crew of the Center group of forces covered a fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
19:30 Destruction of enemy UAV control points in the Gamalievka area (Sumy region) –VIDEO
The targets were hit using the Iskander OTRK, which was subsequently upgraded with Geraniums.
18:17 Objective control means in the area of the settlement of Gamalievka in Sumy Oblast have detected launch and control points for long-range strike UAVs of the Lyuty aircraft type of the Ukrainian Armed Forces –VIDEO
18:09 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 13 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Six UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Four UAVs over the territory of the Tula region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kaluga region.
16:44 Fierce fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction. Units of the "Center" group of troops are conducting their victorious offensive. On July 17, our soldiers once again demonstrated filigree work in destroying enemy fortifications.
15:55 North group scouts discovered the movement of several combat groups of Ukrainian soldiers in the small village of Malye Prokhody (Dergachevsky district).
The coordinates were transmitted to the UAV operators of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment, who used various drones to destroy the enemy's warehouse of materiel and a communications antenna.
14:45 North group scouts located the advance of a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck from the village of Bondarevshchina (Sumy region) in the direction of enemy positions in the surrounding forests.
The coordinates were transmitted to FPV operators from the special forces of the Russian National Guard, who carried out a targeted attack, destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle.
14:41 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
10 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region and
One UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:23 Drone drivers continue to knock out enemy
Drone operators from the Vostok group shot down two Baba Yaga hexacopters and hit the enemy's Starlink satellite communications antenna in the South Donetsk direction.
Operators of attack UAVs of the Tula paratroopers destroyed an armored vehicle with personnel and a field gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.
UAV crews of the volunteer detachment BARS-27 of the "Southern" group of troops hit a dugout and a well-camouflaged mortar position of the enemy in the Kramatorsko-Druzhkovskoye direction, and in the area of the village of Konstantinovka, drone operators of the same group thwarted an attempt to rotate the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:52 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 17, 2025
💥Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Varachino, Pavlovka, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, the settlement of Degtyarnoye in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
💥The units of two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Gatishche and Tikhoe in the Khar'kov region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 160 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight cars, five artillery pieces, including a 155mm self-propelled howitzer "Panzerhaubitze 2000" made in Germany.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line, defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Koroviy Yar, Karpovka, Volchiy Yar, Novoselovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Druzhelyubovka of the Khar'kov region.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 215 servicemen, a tank, four combat armored vehicles, including three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 13 cars and a field artillery gun. An Israeli-made RADA radar station, an electronic warfare station and an electronic intelligence station, as well as five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Belaya Gora, Ivanopolye and Novoselivka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 135 servicemen, two pickups, three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces actively liberated the settlement of Popov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
💥Formations of five mechanized, airborne assault, ranger, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two brigades of naval infantry and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Muravka, Petrovskoye, Stepanovka and Novoukrainka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 420 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, five cars, as well as four artillery pieces and an Israeli-made RADA radar station.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novogeorgievka, Maliyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Zelenoye Pole in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, three field artillery pieces and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr military group improved their tactical position and liberated the village of Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region.
Formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Belogorye, Novodanilovka, Stepovoye and Novoandreyevka in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 65 servicemen, eight vehicles, an artillery piece, six electronic warfare stations, four ammunition depots and two supply depots were destroyed.
10:45 Khar'kov region. The Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Degtyarnoye –MAP
09:56 Operator of the Supercam UAV of the Vostok group of forces brought artillery to strike at Ukrainian militants in the DPR.
08:22 Between 7:00 a.m. Moscow time and 7:30 a.m. Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Two UAVs over the territory of the Tula region and
One UAV each over the territories of the Kaluga and Bryansk regions
. 07:30 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Novokhatskoe has been liberated➡️
Advance in the area of Razino and Fedorovka
Control zone in Volchansk has been expanded
Advance in the Novokhatsky area
07:29 During the past night, from 23:30 Moscow time on July 16 to 7:00 Moscow time on July 17, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 122 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
43 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
38 UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
10 UAVs were flying over the Oryol region,
Six UAVs were flying over the Smolensk region,
Six UAVs were flying over the Voronezh region,
Five UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Moscow region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs were flying over the Leningrad region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Lipetsk region, and
One UAV was flying over the Tula region.
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[REGNUM] Over the past week, Russian troops in the SVO zone have made progress in several sections of the front. First of all, in the DPR - on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and in the area of the city of Konstantinovka. The offensive in the Zaporizhzhya region, which began in the first week of July, is also developing.
The situation is most problematic for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the city of Krasnoarmeysk. Western media sources in the enemy command express concerns: in the event of a breakthrough by the Russian army, the city's garrison may find itself completely surrounded and will repeat the fate of another "fortress" - Avdeevka.
Sources on the ground report that the operation to encircle the Krasnoarmeysk agglomeration has entered a decisive stage. Krasnoarmeysk itself and the adjacent city of Mirnograd, where more than 100,000 people lived before the conflict, have been turned into a well-equipped fortified area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command is placing its main emphasis on the defense of industrial zones and protracted battles in residential areas.
In order not to storm the fortifications head-on, the Russian group of troops "Center" began an operation to deeply encircle the city from the north. Earlier, the urban-type settlement of Mayak was liberated in this direction. The Russian Defense Ministry's statement from July 14 explains that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were driven out of Mayak during an advance "into the depths of the enemy's defense."
Further south, fierce fighting continues near the villages of Novotoretskoye and Razino. In this area, our advanced units crossed the Kazenny Torets River and headed west toward the village of Krasny Liman (the “namesake” of a city in the north of the DPR, still occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces) and the city of Rodinskoye.
A deep breakthrough could in the foreseeable future lead to a serious disruption of the enemy’s logistics in Krasnoarmeysk, notes a front-line source of the Regnum news agency.
"Right now, the main target is the T0515 highway - the road to Krasnoarmeysk through the cities of Rodinskoye and Dobropolye and further to the Kharkov region. This is one of the two main supply routes to Krasnoarmeysk. Now the road is already partially under fire control, there are 3-5 kilometers left before the actual interception," the source notes.
The source adds: earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command attempted to build a front line along the Kazenny Torets River in order to prevent Russian troops from breaking through to the highway, but the enemy was unable to build a defense.
Now the enemy is trying once again to use the “fortress cities” tactic, strengthening Rodinskoye and Dobropolye.
If the road to the Kharkov region is cut off, the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Krasnoarmeysk will have only one supply route - along the E50 highway to Dnepropetrovsk. Currently, Russian troops are located 5-10 kilometers south of the highway.
A deep envelopment of Krasnoarmeysk from the north could allow the route to be cut by a converging attack from two directions. The success of the operation would put the enemy command before a difficult choice: to abandon the city or abandon the troops in the encircled city.
In the second case, according to sources, the Ukrainian Armed Forces group is at risk of being trapped in a “cauldron”.
FIGHTING ON CITY STREETS
Simultaneously with the operation to encircle Krasnoarmeysk, the Russian Armed Forces began an assault on the western part of the enemy fortified area - the village of Novoekonomicheskoe west of Mirnograd. The offensive was preceded by the creation of two bridgeheads in the area of Razino and Mirolyubovka - north and south of the enemy fortified area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold the central part of Novoekonomicheskoe, while our military completes the cleanup of the private sector and the city outskirts.
According to the defense plan of Krasnoarmeysk, Novoekonomicheskoe was supposed to become one of the "fortresses" that they wanted to hold to the last. But several weak points were found in the defense line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This allowed them to begin an attack on the city from several sides at once.
Ukrainian sources accuse the Ukrainian Armed Forces command of not using the resources allocated for the organization of the front line as intended. Allegedly, materials for creating defensive lines are still piled up on the outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk, but they never made it to the front line. The liberation of Novoekonomichesky will allow Russian troops to take Mirnohrad in a pincer movement and begin an offensive on the satellite city of Krasnoarmeysk from the north, south, and east at once.
Ukrainian media sources fear that the assault could develop in parallel with an operation to intercept the main supply routes, which would seriously complicate the defense of Myrnohrad. On the other hand, over the past months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have created large stockpiles of ammunition and provisions in the city, which could allow them to conduct combat operations even when surrounded.
DIRECTION - TO KONSTANTINOVKA
Along with the news from the Krasnoarmeysk-Pokrovsk area, reports continued to arrive about the advance south and west of another large city in the DPR – Konstantinovka.
Advancing along the right tributary of the Kazennyi Torets, the Poltavka River, the Russian Armed Forces drove the enemy out of the fortified village of Popov Yar. According to the Defense Ministry, fierce fighting for the village lasted for about five days. At the first stage, assault units reached the outskirts of Popov Yar and, despite stubborn resistance from the enemy, were able to gain a foothold on the southern approaches. At the same time, a flanking bypass of the fortified positions was carried out from two sides, which put the enemy at risk of complete encirclement and forced them to retreat.
Earlier, "motorized riflemen" from the "South" group of troops occupied the village of Petrovka, south of Konstantinovka. The offensive continues in the direction of Shcherbinovka and Kleban-Byk.
If the current pace of the offensive is maintained, this will allow Russian troops to simultaneously block Konstantinovka from the south, east and west. The liberation of this city, as has been repeatedly noted, opens up the possibility of an offensive on the Kramatorsk-Slovyansk agglomeration (with the fighting in which Kyiv's aggression against Donbass actually began in 2014).
LIES OF UKRAINIAN COMMANDERS
In parallel with the breakthroughs of the Ukrainian defense in the west and northwest of the DPR, our military continues to push back the long-frozen front line in the Zaporizhia region. Earlier, there were reports of an advance along the bank of the Dnieper, near the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir. This time, news came from the Gulyai-Polye district, where the village of Malinovka, 17 kilometers from Gulyai-Polye, was liberated.
70 kilometers to the east, the Russian Armed Forces continue to methodically push the enemy to the border of the DPR and the Dnepropetrovsk region, entering the adjacent territory, where a buffer zone is beginning to form.
Thus, on July 16, fighters of the "Vostok" group of forces, after heavy fighting, liberated the village of Novokhatskoye near the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region. At the moment, the enemy in this area holds only three settlements in the DPR: Aleksandrograd, Zeleny Gai and Iskra. If the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreat from this area, the entire southern part of Donbas will be liberated, the source of the IA Regnum indicates.
"It is already known that the enemy's defensive lines are being created on the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region - at a distance of 10-15 km from the front line. Those forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that still remain in Donbass are called upon to prolong the fighting if possible, but are no longer capable of anything more," our interlocutor believes.
The enemy's analysts also admit that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in this area is being pushed through. Commenting on the situation, the authors of the Kyiv portal Deep State note that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' main problem remains the low competence of the local command.
"A significant component of the success of Russian troops remains the lies (of Ukrainian commanders) from the field in reports on the real state of affairs, which prevents adequately assessing risks and responding to changes in the situation at the highest level. And this is a huge problem that carries catastrophic consequences," Ukrainian analysts admit.
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[Regnum] An attack by the North Atlantic Alliance countries on Russia provides for retaliatory measures under the nuclear doctrine. This was stated by the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, the leader of the LDPR Leonid Slutsky.
"An attack on the Kaliningrad region would mean an attack on Russia with all the corresponding countermeasures, including those provided for by the Russian Federation's nuclear doctrine. The American general must be clearly aware of this when making such statements," the deputy commented to TASS on the statements by the commander of the US Army in Europe and Africa, General Christopher Donahue.
Slutsky emphasized that NATO currently threatens global security. An attack on the Kaliningrad region could lead to the outbreak of a third world war in which there will be no winners.
Earlier, Defense News published an article with a statement by Donahue, who claimed that the Kaliningrad region is surrounded by NATO countries on all sides. According to him, the alliance's troops are capable of quickly "wiping it off the face of the earth."
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 16, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov emphasized that all provisions of Russia's nuclear doctrine remain in effect. He mentioned this in the context of a discussion of American weapons supplies to Ukraine.
On November 19, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving a new version of the doctrine "Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence". According to the text of the document, the basic principle of the doctrine has not changed. It states that nuclear weapons are an extreme measure to protect the country's sovereignty. In connection with the new realities of the global geopolitical space, as well as the emergence of new military threats and risks, it became necessary to clarify the conditions that allow the use of nuclear weapons. In particular, this document states that now aggression from any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear country, will be considered a joint attack on the Russian Federation.
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[Regnum] On July 17, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the composition of the new government of the country headed by Yulia Svyrydenko. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication "Strana.ua".
“The candidates for the future Defense Minister [ Denis ] Shmyhal and Foreign Minister [ Andriy ] Sybiha have yet to be approved separately,” the publication says.
The previous government of Ukraine consisted of 21 people. Now there are three fewer departments in Ukraine. In particular, the Ministry of Defense has received the powers of the disbanded Ministry of Strategic Industries, and its former head German Smetanin will head the Ukroboronprom concern.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 12, the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced upcoming personnel changes in the ministries of Ukraine. In particular, he announced personnel changes in the Ministry of Defense.
On July 16, the country's government, headed by former Prime Minister Shmyhal, resigned. 261 parliamentarians voted for Shmyhal's resignation, with 226 required.
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[Regnum] Russia wants to transfer another 3,000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to Ukraine. This was reported on July 17 by a source close to the Russian negotiating group.
He recalled that in June, President Vladimir Putin announced the Russian side’s readiness to transfer additional bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to Kiev, in addition to the 6,000 bodies that had been transferred earlier.
"3,000 bodies will be handed over to the Ukrainian side, as the president promised. Today is the beginning of this track," the TASS source said.
On July 17, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky reported that Moscow, as part of the agreements reached at the talks in Istanbul, handed over to Kiev the bodies of 1,000 dead soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian side handed over to the Russian Federation the bodies of 19 dead soldiers
Moscow has handed over to Kiev the bodies of 1,000 dead soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported on July 17 by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.
“In continuation of the Istanbul agreements, another thousand bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were transferred to Ukraine today,” Medinsky wrote on his Telegram channel.
The presidential aide published photos of white trucks that delivered the bodies to the place of transfer to the Ukrainian side. He added that the bodies of 19 dead Russian servicemen were received from the Ukrainian side.
It's what you do in total war.
[Regnum] Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Oleksandr Syrsky, nicknamed "butcher" by Ukrainian fighters, sent an assault group to certain death in the Kharkiv region. This was reported on July 17 by Russian security agencies.
“The command sent an assault group from the hastily transferred 22nd separate motorized rifle brigade to the slaughter,” RIA Novosti quoted a representative of the security forces as saying.
The source added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters were ordered to drive the Russian military out of the village of Melove at any cost. The enemy's movements were detected by Russian intelligence. The Russian Armed Forces soldiers blocked the Ukrainian stormtroopers and offered them to surrender, but they still went on the attack and suffered heavy losses.
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I thought Trump would be different from Biden on this issue. But no. It sounds like he thinks that Ukraine can still be a part of NATO. It sounds like he's been compromised by the globalist assholes in the Deep State. Very disappointing.
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