# Kiev lost 8,300 troops and mercenaries in a week of fighting, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/115405

- TASS, 2026-10-26 07:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2207707

> Military expert Andrey Marochko said Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries suffered about 8,340 casualties over the past week. He said Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted the heaviest losses. Marochko also claimed Russian forces destroyed nearly 5,600 Ukrainian UAVs, 15 marine vessels, 43 field artillery guns, 43 electronic-warfare and counter-battery stations, and 805 combat vehicles during the week.

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