MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated seven settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk Regions over the week of July 26 - August 1 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

"Battlegroup South units kept advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the town of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic… Battlegroup Center units continued offensive operations on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk Region. They liberated the settlements of Boikovka, Belgiyka and Novoukrainka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said in a statement.

"Over the past week, Battlegroup East units advanced deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlements of Zelyony Gai in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Maliyevka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region and Temirovka in the Zaporozhye Region," it said.

Russian troops delivered seven strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Ukrainian military-industrial sites and military airfields over the week, the ministry reported.

"On July 26 - August 1, the Russian Armed Forces delivered seven combined strikes by precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, the infrastructure of military airfields, workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and UAV parts, control posts of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, warehouses of robotic systems, missile armament and ammunition, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries," the ministry said.