MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Dibrova in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

"Battlegroup West units completed the liberation of the settlement of Dibrova in the Donetsk People’s Republic through active operations," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,360 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 205 troops and a self-propelled artillery system in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 210 troops and five armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and about 205 troops and five armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.

During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost over 495 troops in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, roughly 190 troops and an armored personnel carrier in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and more than 55 troops and two jamming stations in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.