MOSCOW, June 27. /TASS/. Servicemen of Russia’s Battlegroup East have liberated the settlement of Novoskelevatoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Units of Battlegroup East advanced into the enemy’s defensive lines and liberated the settlement of Novoskelevatoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region," the report said.

Russian forces struck launch preparation sites for long-range Ukrainian drones, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian army’s units and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas, over the past 24 hours, the ministry reported.

"Operational-tactical aviation, combat unmanned aerial vehicles, and missile troops and artillery of Russian Armed Forces battlegroups struck fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian army, fuel depots, long-range UAV launch preparation sites, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas," the report said.

Troops from Battlegroup West in Krasny Liman seized five strongpoints and captured 57 buildings over the past 24 hours, according to the reported.