Russia's eastern sector losses can be 7 to 8 times higher than Ukraine's 

Illya Yevlash, the head of the press service for the Eastern Group of Forces, revealed these numbers on the United News telethon.

Yevlash provided more details, stating, "They have stationed 52,000 personnel along with about 274 tanks, over 1,000 armored vehicles, approximately 150 artillery systems, and slightly more than 120 rocket launchers."

He also emphasized that Russia has amassed around 150,000 troops in the Eastern direction. 

"Additionally, they have a significant amount of equipment, including roughly 1,000 tanks, about 3,000 armored combat vehicles, 1,000 artillery systems, and approximately 600 MLRS systems. It's a formidable force, but we are successfully defending our positions and advancing with minimal losses," added Yevlash.

He said that Russia has deployed a lot of soldiers encompassed in this number who do not have relevant combat experience, so the Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding the line reliably, and intelligence always calculates all the Russians' plans.

"Moreover, with smaller forces, with the enemy air dominance, we continue to move forward with less losses. Sometimes the enemy's losses are 7-8 times higher than ours, which contradicts any military logic and science and demonstrates the professionalism, courage and heroism of our defenders," says Yevlash.

Regarding the supply to Russian forces, Yevlash said that the Russians have initial problems with logistics, but in general they are well equipped with various types of weapons, but sometimes they have to use decommissioned equipment.

• The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reported that as of Sunday, September 17, the Defense Forces of Ukraine are maintaining a defensive posture in the east and south of Ukraine while making advances in the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions. Ukrainian forces maintain the initiative in the Avdiivka, Marinka, and Shakhtarsk directions.

• Yuriy Fedorenko, the commander of the attack UAV company of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade, confirmed that the Ukrainian Defense Forces hold the initiative in the recently liberated town of Andriivka and Klishchiivka near Bakhmut. Continuous planned efforts to crush the enemy and advance persist around the clock.