MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s Battlegroup Yug has taken control of the settlement of Zhelannoe Pervoe in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
«As a result of active and decisive actions by Battlegroup Yug, the settlement of Zhelannoe Pervoe of the DPR has been liberated,» the ministry said in a statement.
Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad has eliminated up to 520 Ukrainian servicepeople over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
“The enemy’s losses amounted to 520 servicemen, six vehicles, a 155 mm UK-made self-propelled artillery unit Braveheart, two 122 mm self-propelled artillery Gvozdika units and two electronic warfare stations,» the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Battlegroup Yug repelled 2 Ukrainian counterattacks while Kiev has lost up to 715 soldiers in battles, the ministry added.
Ukraine lost up to 560 soldiers in battles with Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr, while Russia repelled 3 Ukrainian counterattacks, the ministry added.
