MOSCOW, September 16. /TASS/. Over the past day, the Ukrainian army has suffered 1,435 military personnel losses in the zone of the special military operation, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a bulletin.
The casualties of the Ukrainian army in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces reached 185 soldiers, the West exceeded 230 soldiers, the South amounted to 260, the Center reached 445, the East over 255, the Dnepr saw up to 60 soldiers.
Units of the North group of forces repelled formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian army, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Alekseyevka, Stepnoye, and Yunakovka in the Sumy Region. In the Kharkov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian army were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ploskoye and Volchansk in the Kharkov Region. The Ukrainian army lost seven vehicles and three field artillery pieces, including a 155-mm M777 US-made howitzer. Two counter-battery radar stations and six material depots were destroyed.
The units of the Zapad group of forces have enhanced their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian army and a National Guard brigade in the areas of Kupyansk, Nechvolodovka, Boguslavka, Borovskaya Andreyevka, Gorokhovatka in the Kharkov Region, and Yampol in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy's losses amounted to 29 vehicles and two artillery pieces. Five electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
