Russian Troops Fully Liberated Ocheretino Settlement in Donetsk People’s Republic

Russian troops have taken full control of the village of Ocheretino in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday.

In addition, according to the ministry, eight counterattacks by assault groups of the 78th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment, 47th Mechanized, 142nd, 143rd Infantry, 68th Jaeger Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled during the day in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Solovyevo, Berdychi, Semyonovka and Netaylovo of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 380 military personnel, a US-made Abrams tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, including a US-made Bradley, an armored combat vehicle and three pickup trucks. During the counter-battery battle, a US-made 155-mm M777 howitzer and a 155-mm self-propelled artillery mount were hit, as well as a Krab made in Poland, a 105-mm light howitzer M102 made in the USA, a 152-mm D-20 howitzer, a 122-mm self-propelled artillery mount Gvozdika and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer,» the department said.