# Kiev lost nearly 9,700 troops in combat over past week, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/47974

- TASS, 2026-09-07 06:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2183479

> Military expert Andrey Marochko said Ukrainian forces suffered about 9,685 killed and wounded in the special military operations zone over the past week, including foreign mercenaries. He said Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted the heaviest manpower losses in its area of responsibility in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

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