"The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 290 soldiers, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles, four field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155 mm M777 howitzer, 11 vehicles and an electronic warfare station," the ministry said in a daily situation update for the Tsentr battlegroup.
This is in addition to up to 285 Ukrainian fighters eliminated over the past day by Russia's Battlegroup Vostok, up to 215 by Battlegroup Sever, up to 180 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 135 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 45 by the Dnepr battlegroup, the ministry said.
Russian forces also carried out strikes against energy and transport facilities used in the interests of Ukraine's military-industrial complex, the ministry said.