"The enemy lost up to 610 military personnel, four armored fighting vehicles, seven vehicles and six field artillery guns," the statement said.
Russia's Battlegroup Zapad has obliterated over 355 Ukrainian soldiers, while Battlegroup Yug has wiped out as many as 250 Ukrainian soldiers, the ministry said.
Russian forces took control of Velikaya Novosyolka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the ministry said.