MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated six settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the week of August 23-29 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

"Battlegroup West units liberated the settlement of Sredneye in the Donetsk People’s Republic through decisive operations… Battlegroup South units advanced deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlements of Kleban-Byk and Nelepovka 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 Filiya in the Dnepropetrovsk Region and Pervoye Maya in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said in a statement.

"Over the past week, Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Zaporozhskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region through active and decisive operations," the statement reads.

Russian troops delivered seven strikes by precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian military-industrial sites, Air Force bases and Sapsan tactical missile warehouses over the week, the ministry reported.