MOSCOW, October 1. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Verbovoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"Battlegroup East units kept advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Verbovoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region," the ministry said in a statement.

Kiev loses 1,495 troops along engagement line in past day - latest figures

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,495 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry.

The latest figures show that the Ukrainian army lost roughly 145 troops and an artillery gun in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 220 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and about 305 troops and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.