Russian troops have taken full control of the village of Ocheretino in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday.
“As a result of active operations, units of the Tsetr Battlegroup completely liberated the settlement of Ocheretino (DPR), improved the tactical situation and defeated the formations of the 24th and 115th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Arkhangelskoye and Novgorodskoye (DPR),” the ministry said.
In addition, according to the ministry, eight counterattacks by assault groups of the 78th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment, 47th Mechanized, 142nd, 143rd Infantry, 68th Jaeger Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled during the day in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Solovyevo, Berdychi, Semyonovka and Netaylovo of the Donetsk People's Republic.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 380 military personnel, a US-made Abrams tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, including a US-made Bradley, an armored combat vehicle and three pickup trucks. During the counter-battery battle, a US-made 155-mm M777 howitzer and a 155-mm self-propelled artillery mount were hit, as well as a Krab made in Poland, a 105-mm light howitzer M102 made in the USA, a 152-mm D-20 howitzer, a 122-mm self-propelled artillery mount Gvozdika and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer," the department said.