MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Lenino in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

"Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlement of Lenino in the Donetsk People’s Republic in active offensive operations," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,575 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 over 200 troops and three artillery guns in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, roughly 230 troops, a tank and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and about 220 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.

During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost roughly 510 troops and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, over 350 troops and two artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and more than 65 troops and three artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.