An American Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and an engineering vehicle from September (Telegram: Rusich_Army)

Ukraine has lost around 1,745 military personnel in the Donetsk direction in the last week, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday.

According to a statement released by the ministry, from September 29 to October 6, Russian armed forces repulsed 34 attacks by Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk direction, 11 in the South Donetsk direction, four in the Kupyansk direction, and two in the Zaporizhzhia direction.

In addition, the ministry detailed the loss of over 1,745 Ukrainian military personnel killed and wounded, and "18 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 27 vehicles, 13 field artillery guns, and the Grad MLRS combat vehicle."

M109 cooks off after getting hit by a lancet. pic.twitter.com/505VXKUtXi
— ayden (@squatsons) October 5, 2023

Over the past week, Ukraine has also lost over 755 soldiers in the South Donetsk direction, over 430 in the Krasnyi Lyman direction, over 405 in the Kupyansk direction, over 320 in the Zaporizhzhia direction, and up to 235 in the Kherson direction, according to the statement.

The ministry also revealed that Russian air defense systems destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones using "electronic warfare means" in the last week.

What looks to be some sort of training ground or large troop accumulation getting absolutely ruined by a Tornado-S strike. This weapon system has made a huge impact over the last couple months and I suspect this will grow exponentially in the future as production and ISR continue… pic.twitter.com/FsQKypcfS9
— ayden (@squatsons) October 5, 2023

"[A total of] 320 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed and suppressed by electronic warfare means," according to the statement.

Over the same time period, the Russian armed forces executed 14 strikes against Ukrainian military infrastructure installations using long-range precision weaponry and unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the ministry.

Last week, the Russian defense ministry reported that Ukraine had lost up to 690 soldiers (counting both killed and wounded) in five directions, over the course of only one day.

Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that almost nine out of every ten Ukrainian draftees who enlisted in the army a year ago have either been killed or injured in combat.

Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin estimated Ukraine's military casualties to exceed 71,000 personnel. Additionally, he proposed that Kiev might consider engaging in negotiations with Moscow once its resources for confronting Russian defenses become critically depleted. Putin's assessment emphasized that Ukraine would primarily seek talks to rehabilitate its weakened military capabilities.