"As a result of offensives, units of the Tsentr combat group have liberated the settlement of Zheltoye in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said in a statement.
Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has repelled eight Ukrainian counterattacks and eliminated over 575 servicepeople in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"The Russian forces repelled eight counterattacks by armed forces of Ukraine. The enemy lost over 575 soldiers, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, two vehicles, a 152-mm D-20 cannon and three 122-mm D-30 howitzers," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine lost up to 250 soldiers in battles with Russia's Battlegroup Yug that repeled two Ukrainian attacks in the past day, and Russia's Zapad (West) group of forces repelled 14 counterattacks, making Kiev lose up to 530 soldiers, the ministry said.