MOSCOW, July 29. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated two settlements in the Zaporozhye Region and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

"Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlement of Novoukrainka in the Donetsk People’s Republic through active operations… Battlegroup East units kept advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Temirovka in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,255 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, 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 over 175 troops, a tank and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, more than 230 troops, three artillery guns and a foreign-made multiple rocket launcher in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and roughly 155 troops and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.