1,600 Russians died capturing, then retreating from, one small settlement

Name: 1,600 Russians died capturing, then retreating from, one small settlement
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The village of Zelena Dolyna sits astride a road threading south toward the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. It's not much to look at. It's also a blood-soaked graveyard for no fewer than 1,600 Russian troops. In terms of death per square meter, it might be one of the deadliest patches of ground in all of Ukraine for Russian invaders.

In two years of brutal fighting, the Russian 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies fought their way toward and through Zelena Dolyna, ultimately capturing it in July 2025, Euromaidan Press says. Eight months later in March of this year, the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps launched its Operation Vivaldi. In a heady six months, the 3rd Army Corps exploited gaps in Russian defenses in northern Donetsk and, deploying robots and then mechanized infantry, defeated the overextended Russian field armies.

Retreating east amid heavy losses, the Russians gave up Zelena Dolyna—and kept falling back, all the way across the Zherebets River. Operation Vivaldi erased 18 months of Russian advances, partially restored a robust defensive zone around the last free cities in Donetsk, and inflicted shocking casualties on the Kremlin's forces. Thousands of Russians died. All told in more than a year of fighting, 1,600 of them died in tiny Zelena Dolyna.

Russians know it—and a Belarusian hacker group gained access to Russia's official death records, which take pains to specify the nearest settlement when a Russian combatant falls in combat. Belarusian Cyber Partisans scrutinized the records and tallied at least 393,881 war deaths on Russia's side between February 2022 and late August this year. For comparison, analysis group UALosses tallied at least 106,285 Ukrainians killed in action between February 2022 and October this year, Euromaidan Press says.

That's roughly 3.7 dead Russians for every dead Ukrainian. The fighting in and around Zelena Dolyna helps to explain the lopsided loss ratio. To advance through the village, which had a prewar population of fewer than 200, the Russian 3rd Motor Rifle Division used the same manpower-first tactics that have defined Russian operations in Ukraine for two years now. Small teams of infantry try to sneak across the disputed gray zone with few heavy weapons and little close support. The Russian infiltrators aim to reach some kind of shelter on the far side of the gray zone—a treeline, a trench, a building, a basement—where they can hunker down and await reinforcements. Infiltration tactics work best in the spring and summer when the trees have leaves on them, offering some concealment, and the weather is wet, overcast, or foggy—conditions that can ground many Ukrainian drones. But even in the worst conditions, some Ukrainian drones usually fly. And there are so many Ukrainian drones everywhere all the time along the gray zone that every attempted assault risks a bloodbath, Euromaidan Press says.

The mass dying on the Russian side is only intensifying as Ukraine's drone force expands and improves. On 8 November alone, Ukraine's General Staff claimed nearly 3,000 Russians killed or wounded, and the Unmanned Systems Forces said its drones hit 809. For the Russians, advancing is costly. But retreating is costly, too—and nowhere was that more evident than in northern Donetsk during the most chaotic days of Operation Vivaldi. The Russian 20th and 25th CAAs suffered around 8,000 casualties, potentially including 1,500 killed in action, while retreating east across the Zherebets River.

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The village of Zelina Dolina sits astride a road threading south toward the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. It's not much to look at. It's also a blood-soaked graveyard for no fewer than 1,600 Russian troops. In terms of death per square meter, it might be one of the deadliest patches of ground in all of Ukraine for Russian invaders. In two years of brutal fighting, the Russian 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies fought their way toward and through Zelina Dolina, ultimately capturing it in July 2025, Euromidon Press says. Eight months later in March of this year, the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps launched its Operation Vivaldi. In a heady six months, the 3rd Army Corps exploited gaps in Russian defenses in northern Donetsk and, deploying robots and then mechanized infantry, defeated the overextended Russian field armies. Retreating east amid heavy losses, the Russians gave up Zelina Dolina, and kept falling back, all the way across the Zarabets River. Operation Vivaldi erased 18 months of Russian advances, partially restored a robust defensive zone around the last free cities in Donetsk, and inflicted shocking casualties on the Kremlin's forces. Thousands of Russians died. All told in more than a year of fighting, 1,600 of them died in tiny Zelina Dolina. Russians know it, and a Belarusian hacker group gained access to Russia's official death records, which take pains to specify the nearest settlement when a Russian combatant falls in combat. Belarusian cyberpartisans scrutinized the records and tallied at least 393,881 war deaths on Russia's side between February 2022 and late August this year. For comparison, analysis group UA Losses tallied at least 106,285 Ukrainians killed in action between February 2022 and October this year, Euromaidan Press says. That's roughly 3.7 dead Russians for every dead Ukrainian. The fighting in and around Zelina Dolina helps to explain the lopsided loss ratio. To advance through the village, which had a pre-war population of fewer than 200, the Russian 3rd Motor Rifle Division used the same manpower-first tactics that have defined Russian operations in Ukraine for two years now. Small teams of infantry try to sneak across the disputed grey zone with few heavy weapons and little close support. The Russian infiltrators aim to reach some kind of shelter on the far side of the grey zone, a treeline, a trench, a building, a basement, where they can hunker down and await reinforcements. Infiltration tactics work best in the spring and summer when the trees have leaves on them, offering some concealment, and the weather is wet, overcast, or foggy, conditions that can ground many Ukrainian drones. But even in the worst conditions, some Ukrainian drones usually fly. And there are so many Ukrainian drones everywhere all the time along the gray zone that every attempted assault risks a bloodbath, Euromaidan press says. The mass dying on the Russian side is only intensifying as Ukraine's drone force expands and improves. On November 8 alone, Ukraine's general staff claimed nearly 3,000 Russians killed or wounded, and the unmanned systems forces said its drones hit 809. For the Russians, advancing is costly. But retreating is costly, too, and nowhere was that more evident than in northern Donetsk during the most chaotic days of Operation Vivaldi. The Russian 20th and 25th CAAs suffered around 8,000 casualties, potentially including 1,500 killed in action, while retreating east across the Zarebets River.