MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Ostapovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Ostapovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region," the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,285 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 235 troops and five armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 220 troops, a tank and seven armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and about 135 troops and six armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost over 445 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, more than 210 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and about 40 troops and a jamming station in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.
