MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Gerasimovka in the Dnepropetrovsk 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 Gerasimovka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region," the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,340 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 160 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 230 troops and three US-made armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and over 200 troops and two artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost over 470 troops and two US-made armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, roughly 235 troops, two tanks and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and about 45 troops and a self-propelled artillery system in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.
