MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated three settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
"Battlegroup Center units kept advancing deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Sukhetskoye and Pankovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic <…> Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Novogeorgiyevka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region through offensive operations," the ministry said in a statement.
Kiev loses 1,300 troops along engagement line in past day — latest figures
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,300 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 roughly 155 troops, a tank and five armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 245 troops, a tank and three Western-made armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and around 210 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
