"As a result of decisive actions, units of Battlegroup Tsentr liberated the settlement of Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said, adding that the Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 535 soldiers, a Leopard tank and four armored vehicles in clashes with the Battlegroup Tsentr.
Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok continued its advance deep into Ukraine’s defense lines, and Kiev lost up to 185 soldiers in clashes in the past 24 hours, the ministry added.
"The enemy losses [in battles with Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad] amounted to up to 365 servicepeople, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, six artillery pieces and a counter-battery radar station. Two ammunition depots were destroyed," the ministry said, adding that Ukraine also lost up to 210 soldiers and two ammunition depots in clashes with Russia’s Battlegroup Yug.