Russian forces liberate four settlements in special military operation zone in past week

MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS/. Russian forces liberated four settlements in the Dnepropetrovsk Region and the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.·

"Units of Battlegroup South carried out active operations, liberating the settlements of Fyodorovka and Markovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic. <...> In the past week, units of Battlegroup East carried out offensive operations, taking control of the settlements of Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Novosyolovka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, and completing the liberation of the Donetsk People’s Republic’s territory in their area of operation," the statement reads.

Air defenses destroyed 12 Ukrainian guided aerial bombs, 13 US-made HIMARS MLRS rockets, and 1,513 fixed-wing drones over the past week, the ministry emphasized.

According to it, on Friday, Russian forces wiped out six Ukrainian uncrewed motorboats in the northwestern Black Sea.

TASS has compiled the main information about the progress of the special military operation over the past week.