MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. Russian forces made the Ukrainian army lose a total of about 1,245 troops in the special military operation zone in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
According to the ministry, the enemy lost over 150 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup North, over 230 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West, over 170 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South, over 415 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South, over 220 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup East and more than 60 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Dnepr.
The Defense Ministry added that units of Battlegroup North had hit the forces of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades, an air assault brigade, an assault regiment, a territorial defense brigade and a special operations regiment near Pavlovka, Velikaya Beryozka, Alexeyevka, Yastrebinoye, Yunakovka and Proletarskoye in the Sumy Region. They also struck the forces of a Ukrainian mechanized brigade and a motorized infantry brigade near Zelyonoye and Volchansk in the Kharkov Region. The enemy lost a tank, four armored combat vehicles, eight motor vehicles and four artillery systems. In addition, an electronic warfare system, a counterbattery radar, an ammunition depot and five supply depots were destroyed.
