MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. Ukraine lost about 1,450 troops in the special military operation zone in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
According the ministry, the enemy lost over 240 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North, up to 220 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West, up to 150 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South, up to 495 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center, over 300 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup East, and more than 45 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Dnepr.
The ministry added that Battlegroup North hit the forces of a Ukrainian jaeger brigade and a territorial defense brigade near Alexeyevka and Ryzhyovka in the Sumy Region. They also struck the forces of a Ukrainian heavy mechanized brigade, an assault regiment, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades near Veliky Burluk, Vilcha, Okhrimovka, and Prilipka in the Kharkov Region. The Ukrainian army lost an armored combat vehicle, five motor vehicles, and two supply depots.
Units of Battlegroup West hit the forces and equipment of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, and a National Guard brigade near Blagodatovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Petrovka, Podoly, and Shiykovka in the Kharkov Region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Ukrainian army lost two armored combat vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, a US-made 155 mm M198 howitzer, a Croatian-made Heron multiple rocket launcher, and three ammunition depots.
