MOSCOW, February 8. /TASS/. Over the past day, Russian troops established control of Sidorovka in Ukraine’s Sumy Region and Glushkovka in the Kharkov Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.
"As a result of decisive actions, units from the Battlegroup North established control of the locality of Sidorovka in the Sumy Region. Units from the Battlegroup West took the locality of Glushkovka in the Kharkov Region under control," the ministry said.
Ukrainian troops sustained roughly 1,105 casualties in the special military operation zone over the past day.
Namely, Ukrainian troops lost roughly 210 servicemen from actions of the Russian Battlegroup North, more than 150 in the zone of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup West, over 120 troops in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup South, more than 205 troops in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup Center, as they sustained roughly 390 and 30 casualties from actions of Russia’s East and Dnepr battlegroups, the ministry specified.
Russian air defenses downed 27 HIMARS rockets and three Ukrainian Neptune long-range missiles over the past day.
