Losses of Russia-contracted private military companies exceed 40% – General Staff report

WEDNESDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2022, 07:27

Certain units of the private military companies (PMCs) that Russia deployed on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine have suffered the losses of over 40% military personnel (killed or severely injured).

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information correct as of 06:00 on 7 September

Quote: "Private military companies operating on the temporarily occupied territories [of Ukraine], in particular in the village of Oleksandrivka in Kharkiv Oblast, have sustained significant losses. Up to 40% of staff of some of their units have been killed or severely injured. The bodies of many of the soldiers who had been killed have not been identified; they are considered missing."

Details: Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian forces conducted more than 20 aircraft missions, in the course of which they carried out seven missile strikes and 25 airstrikes on military and civilian targets across the territory of Ukraine. These attacks damaged infrastructure in areas in and around Kharkiv, Velyki Prokhody, Bilohirka, Kostromka, Sukhyi Stavok and Bezimenne.

There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. 

The situation on other fronts was as follows:

• On the Sivershchyna front, Russian forces used mortars to fire on areas in and around Hai (Chernihiv Oblast) and Volfyne, Zapsillia, Manukhivka and Stukalivka (Sumy Oblast);

• On the Kharkiv front, the Russians fired on areas in and around Prudianka, Chornohlazivka, Myronivka, Velyki Prokhody, Ruska Lozova, Cherkaska Lozova, Ruski Tyshky and Cherkaski Tyshky; 

• On the Sloviansk front, Russian occupying forces fired on Sloviansk, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Dolyna, Krasnopillia, Dmytrivka and Dovhenke;

• On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians fired on areas in and around Tetianivka, Kryva Luka, Spirne, Vesele and Hryhorivka;

• On the Bakhmut front, Russian forces used mortars, tank guns and tubed and rocket artillery to fire on areas in and around Bakhmutske, Soledar, Bakhmut, New-York, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Maiorsk and Yakovlivka;

• On the Avdiivka front, Russian troops fired on Avdiivka, Opytne, Vodiane, Tonenke and Pervomaiske;

• On the Novopavlivka front, Russian forces did not undertake any offensive operations, though they did fire on areas in and around Marinka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Solodke, Shevchenko, Zolota Nyva, Pavlivka and Vremivka;

• On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian occupying forces used mortars and tubed and rocket artillery to fire on areas in and around Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaky, Mala Tokmachka, Shcherbaky, Bilohiria, Novopil, Vilne Pole and Shevchenko;

• On the Pivdennyi Buh front, the Russians used tubed and rocket artillery to fire on the positions of Ukrainian forces along the entire line of contact and used UAVs to conduct 34 reconnaissance missions.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are continuing to prevent Russian forces from advancing further into the territory of Ukraine. They have successfully repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Hryhorivka, Zaitseve, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna and Opytne.

Ukrainian aircraft carried out 27 airstrikes on Russian forces, destroying an ammunition storage point and striking up to 40 strong points and areas where Russian military personnel and equipment were concentrated. Ukrainian air defence units destroyed a Russian Su-25 aircraft, a Ka-52 helicopter, a UAV and five Kh-101 cruise missiles.

The General Staff notes that "seven command and control posts and 13 areas where enemy military personnel and equipment had been concentrated were struck. Several radar and mobile communications stations, bridges and pontoon crossings, and three ammunition and oil and lubricants storage points were also struck, significantly undermining the occupiers’ logistical and combat capabilities."

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