MOSCOW, June 11. /TASS/. Russia’s Battlegroup East has reached the western border of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and is developing an offensive in the Dnepropetrovsk Region jointly with a tank division and a motor rifle brigade of the Battlegroup Center, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
"The Battlegroup Center has continued advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses. Units of the 55th Motor Rifle Brigade have reached the western border of the Donetsk People’s Republic and continue offensive operations jointly with assault teams of the 90th Tank Division on the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk Region… Units of the Battlegroup East have reached the western border of the Donetsk People’s Republic in active operations on a broad front and are developing an offensive on the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk Region," the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,275 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past day, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry.
The latest figures show that the Ukrainian army lost roughly 165 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 220 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and around 135 troops, a tank and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
