# Ukraine loses almost 9,500 troops and mercenaries in past week, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/57197

- TASS, 2026-09-14 05:24 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2187139

> Russian military expert Andrey Marochko says about 9,480 Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries were killed or wounded in the special military operation zone over the past week. He said Russia’s Battlegroup Center caused the heaviest personnel losses among Ukrainian formations in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

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