The military body specified in the statement published on its official Telegram channel that “as a result of active and decisive actions, units of the Southern Troop Group occupied the village of Nikiforovka, in Donetsk.”

The military ministry added that in the last 24 hours, enemy casualties in the Southern Troop Group’s line of operations reached up to 200 personnel.

These figures are in addition to up to 330 casualties in the Eastern Troop Group’s line of operations; up to 300 in the Central Troop Group’s; up to 180 in the Western Troop Group’s; and up to 40 in the Dnieper Troop Group’s.

In addition, Ukrainian troops lost one tank, two armored personnel carriers, 24 armored fighting vehicles, one multiple rocket launcher system, 16 artillery pieces, as well as two radar systems, six electronic warfare stations, and 13 ammunition depots and other equipment in the last 24 hours.

Also during the same period, three missiles from the US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher system, four Neptun long-range guided missiles, and 543 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down.

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