MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. Russian troops completed the liberation of the Lugansk People’s Republic in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
"Battlegroup West units have completed the liberation of the Lugansk People’s Republic," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian troops liberated two communities in the Kharkov and Zaporozhye Regions over the past 24 hours, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup North units took control of the settlement of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka in the Kharkov Region through active operations. <…> Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Boikovo in the Zaporozhye Region through decisive operations," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,315 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.
