MOSCOW, September 19. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems shot down 1,667 fixed-wing drones, four guided bombs, and four HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems over the past week, the Defense Ministry reported.
In total, four settlements were liberated over the past week, including Novonikolayevka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region and Olgovskoye in the Zaporozhye Region.
TASS has summarized key takeaways from the ministry’s weekly report on these and other developments in the special military operation.
Over the past week, the Ukrainian forces lost up to 3,330 troops in the Battlegroup Center’s area of responsibility. "Battlegroup Center units continued active offensive operations in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Dnepropetrovsk Region. The enemy lost up to 3,330 troops, two tanks, 29 armored combat vehicles, 49 vehicles, and 13 artillery pieces," the news release said.
"Units of the Battlegroup Center continued active offensive operations in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk Region. The village of Muravka in the DPR was liberated. Over the past week, units of the battlegroup advanced deep into enemy defenses. They liberated the village of Novoivanovka in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry noted.
