The military body reported that units of the Troop Group East advanced into enemy defenses and captured the town of Bogodarovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The Ministry added that, in the last 24 hours, enemy losses in the operations of this group amounted to 485 soldiers.

These are in addition to more than 300 casualties in the operations of the Troop Group Center, more than 240 in the operations of the Troop Group South, up to 225 in the operations of the Troop Group West, more than 220 in the operations of the Troop Group North, and up to 80 casualties caused by the Troop Group Dnieper.

In addition, Ukrainian troops lost 11 armored fighting vehicles (including two US-made M113s), 81 cars, five artillery pieces, and nine electronic warfare stations during the past day.

Meanwhile, Russian air defenses shot down 12 guided bombs and 415 drones.

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