MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Belitskoye in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"Battlegroup Center units liberated the town of Belitskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic through active operations," the ministry said in a statement.

Kiev loses 1,420 troops along engagement line in past day - latest figures

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,420 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 over 275 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, roughly 215 troops, a US-made armored personnel carrier and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and more than 195 troops and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.