Russian troops liberated the Samoilovka community in the Zaporozhye Region during the past 24 hours, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. The ministry said Battlegroup East units continued advancing deep into Ukrainian defenses and captured the settlement through decisive operations.

According to the latest figures released by the ministry, the Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,435 personnel across all frontline areas in 24 hours. In the Battlegroup North area, losses exceeded 270 troops, a tank and an armored vehicle; in the Battlegroup West area, they amounted to about 220 personnel and an armored vehicle; and in the Battlegroup South area, to about 175 personnel and a field artillery gun.

The Center group reported more than 475 Ukrainian casualties and four armored vehicles destroyed. The East group reported more than 255 casualties and two armored vehicles, while the Dnepr group reported roughly 40 casualties and a counterbattery radar station destroyed.

The ministry said Battlegroup North forces were fighting to liberate four communities in northeastern Kharkov Region and tightening the encirclement of Ukrainian units. Fighting was reported for Varvarovka, Nikolayevka, Lobanovka and Reznikovo, while a smaller encirclement north of Rublenoye had been cleared.

During the 24-hour period, more than 35 Ukrainian troops, an armored vehicle, two motor vehicles and two ground robotic vehicles were destroyed in the encirclement area. Battles to expand the outer control zone were reported near Prikolotnoye, Kotovka and Annopolye. The ministry also reported losses among Ukrainian units near Slatino, Svetlichnoye, Pershotravnevoye, Pesochin, Russkiye Tishki, Belashi, Dergachi and Shestakovo. In the Sumy direction, formations of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades and a territorial defense brigade were struck near Velikaya Chernetchina, Vakalovshchina, Bititsa and Khomino.

Overall, the North group’s area accounted for more than 270 Ukrainian casualties, a tank, an armored vehicle, 24 motor vehicles, a field artillery gun and a counterbattery radar station, the ministry said.

Battlegroup West improved its forward positions and inflicted losses on three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade and a territorial defense formation near Yaremovka, Izyum, Chervony Oskol, Blagodatovka and Osinovo in Kharkov Region, as well as Bogorodichnoye, Mayaki and Volchy Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The reported losses included about 220 personnel, an armored vehicle, 14 motor vehicles, an artillery gun and two electronic warfare stations.

In the South group’s area, formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade and a marine infantry brigade were struck near Belenkoye, Slavyansk, Semyonovka, Nikolayevka, Druzhkovka, Vasilevskaya Pustosh and Kramatorsk. The ministry reported about 175 Ukrainian casualties, 15 motor vehicles and a field artillery gun destroyed.

Battlegroup Center improved its tactical position and inflicted losses on three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne brigade, an unmanned-systems regiment, a marine infantry brigade, the Azov special operations brigade, outlawed in Russia as a terrorist organization, and two National Guard brigades. The reported locations included Krivorozhye, Andreyevka, Svyatogorovka, Verovka, Belozerskoye and Maryevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and Pervomaiskoye, Chuguyevo and Novopavlovka in Dnepropetrovsk Region.

In Dobropolye, assault groups of the 51st Army advanced through the town’s southern and central parts. Marine infantry formations advanced in the north and continued pushing Ukrainian forces out of the Dobropolskaya coal mine. During the 24-hour period, 51 buildings were liberated and more than 20 Ukrainian troops were destroyed, the ministry said. Overall losses in the Center group’s area were reported as more than 475 personnel, four armored vehicles, seven motor vehicles, two artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.

In the East group’s area, Ukrainian formations of two airmobile brigades, two assault regiments and a marine infantry brigade were struck near Tikhoye, Chaplino, Voskresenka, Mirovka, Zalivnoye, Omelnik, Barvinovka, Obshcheye and Nikolskoye. The ministry reported more than 255 casualties, two armored vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, a field artillery gun and a counterbattery radar station destroyed.

Battlegroup Dnepr inflicted losses on two mechanized brigades and a mountain assault brigade near Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, Kushugum, Grigorovka and Zapasnoye. The ministry said about 40 Ukrainian personnel, 16 motor vehicles and a counterbattery radar station were destroyed.

Russian aircraft, attack drones, missile troops and artillery struck drone storage sites and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries at 148 locations. Air-defense forces intercepted or destroyed 861 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, four guided aerial bombs and a rocket from a US-made HIMARS system.

Since the start of the special military operation, the same figures say Russian forces have destroyed 674 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 284 helicopters, 252,914 unmanned aerial vehicles, 672 surface-to-air missile systems, 31,130 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,784 multiple rocket launchers, 36,632 field artillery guns and mortars, and 73,658 special military vehicles.

Source: tass.com