MOSCOW, September 10. /TASS/. The armed forces of Ukraine lost approximately 1,325 servicemen in the zone of Russia’s special military operation in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
According to the ministry, the enemy lost up to 170 people in battlegroup North’s zone of responsibility, over 250 as a result of battlegroup West’s actions. Battlegroup South reported over 155 enemy losses, battlegroup Center - over 455, battlegroup East - over 230 and battlegroup Dnepr - over 65.
The ministry also reported that battlegroup North defeated units of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades, assault and air assault units of the Ukrainian armed forces near the settlements of Alexeyevka, Khoten, Yunakovka and Mogritsa in the Sumy Region. In the Kharkov direction, Russian forces hammered mechanized and motorized infantry units of the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as territorial defense brigades and a border guard formation near the settlements of Ivashki, Dergachi, Zhovtnevoye and Melovoye of the Kharkov region. The enemy lost an armored vehicle, 15 vehicles and an artillery cannon. Also, seven ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of battlegroup West improved their tactical positions, inflicting a blow to manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, and one air assault brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces and a territorial defense squad near the settlements of Kupyansk and Izyumskoye of the Kharkov Region, as well as Kirovsk and Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Ukrainian military lost three Western-made armored fighting vehicles, one tank, 28 vehicles, five field artillery cannons. They also destroyed six electronic warfare posts and four ammunition depots.
