MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. Fighters from Russia’s Battlegroup South liberated Kuzminovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily report.

"As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the Battlegroup South liberated the locality of Kuzminovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the report reads.

Over the past day, Ukraine’s armed forces sustained roughly 1,300 casualties from actions of Russian battlegroups in the zone of the special military operation over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry continued.

Namely, the enemy lost roughly 190 troops in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup North, roughly 225 troops were taken out by the Battlegroup West, while the Battlegroup South eliminated roughly 130 Ukrainian servicemen, the Battlegroup Center took out more than 430 fighters, the Battlegroup East destroyed more than 270 troops, and the Battlegroup Dnepr wiped out roughly 55 servicemen, Russia’s top brass specified.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian battlegroups struck power facilities supporting the operation of Ukraine’s military-industrial enterprises, rail transport for carrying weapons and military hardware to combat areas in the Donbass region, Ukrainian fuel depots, storage and launch facilities for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems as well as temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 137 locations," the ministry reported.