"As a result of successful actions, military units from the Battlegroup Yug completely liberated the settlement of Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and improved the tactical situation along the front line," the MoD said in a statement.
Battlegroup Yug has also repelled three Ukrainian counterattacks in the region, while Ukraine has lost up to 410 soldiers, the ministry added.
Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has repelled nine counterattacks, the MoD noted, adding that Ukraine has lost up to 365 soldiers in the area.