# Kiev lost 9,500 fighters and mercenaries over past week, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/23912

- TASS, 2026-08-17 07:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2174007

> Military expert Andrey Marochko said Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries suffered about 9,585 casualties in the special military operations zone over the past week. He attributed the heaviest manpower losses to Russia’s Battlegroup Center and said Russian forces also destroyed numerous drones, vessels, artillery pieces and other vehicles.

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