In the report published on its official Telegram channel, the military ministry specified that units of the Center troop group advanced deep into the front and stormed the villages of Sukhetskoe and Pankovka in Donetsk.

The Ministry of Defense also reported that the Russian troop group East expanded its control in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk province by occupying the settlement of Novogeorgievka.

On the last day, in the area of operations of the Center and East groups, enemy losses stood at more than 405 and more than 220 soldiers, respectively, the Ministry of Defense reported.

In addition to these enemy losses, up to 245 were lost in the Western group’s line of operations, 210 in the Southern group, 155 in the Northern group, and up to 65 caused by the Dnieper group, the statement added.

In addition, Ukrainian forces lost four tanks (including a Leopard), 12 armored personnel carriers, 72 vehicles, a Western-made multiple rocket launcher, 16 artillery pieces, 17 electronic warfare stations, eight ammunition depots, and five material resource warehouses.

Meanwhile, Russian air defenses shot down one Himars multiple rocket launcher projectile and 217 drones. The Black Sea Fleet forces, in turn, destroyed two small enemy high-speed boats.

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