MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces lost about 1,250 servicemen in the special military operation zone over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a report.
In particular, in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup North the Kiev forces lost 185 servicemen. The losses in the areas of responsibility of the Battlegroups West, South, Center, East and Dnepr totaled up to 220, up to 185, more than 375, more than 200 and up to 85 servicemen respectively.
Units of the Battlegroup North improved their tactical position, defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, a ranger, two airborne assault brigades, an assault, airborne assault regiment of the Ukrainian armed forces and a defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Mogritsa, Varachino, Yunakovka, Yablonovka, Leninsk, Pershe Travnya and Andreyevka in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkov direction, units of the mechanized, artillery brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian armed forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dergachi, Ambarnoye and Vovchansk in the Kharkov region.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost 3 combat armored vehicles, 17 cars, 3 artillery pieces and an Israel-made RADA RPS-42 radar station.
