MOSCOW, December 3. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Chervonoye in the Zaporozhye 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 Chervonoye in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,260 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 170 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 220 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and around 140 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.

During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost roughly 430 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, over 235 troops, a tank and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and more than 65 troops and two jamming stations in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.