# Kiev lost nearly 9,900 troops and mercenaries in a week of fighting, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/30343

- TASS, 2026-08-24 09:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2176859

> Military expert Andrey Marochko said Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries suffered about 9,850 killed and wounded over the past week. He said Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicted the heaviest losses, while Russian forces also destroyed a MiG-29, 8,477 UAVs and other Ukrainian equipment.

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