MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
"Battlegroup West units liberated the settlement of Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic through active and decisive operations," the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,175 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 255 troops and an infantry fighting vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 180 troops and two US-made armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and over 135 troops, two US-made armored personnel carriers and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost over 275 troops and ten armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, roughly 275 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and about 55 troops and five jamming stations in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.
