"In total, the enemy lost over 2,545 servicepeople, four tanks, including a US-made Abrams tank, 68 armored combat vehicles, and 106 automobiles in this direction. Ten field artillery pieces and 11 electronic warfare stations were destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.
This is in addition to over 1,960 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past week by Russia's Battlegroup Vostok, over 1,535 by Battlegroup Sever, over 1,250 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 1,155 by Battlegroup Yug , and up to 395 by Battlegroup Dnepr, the ministry said.
At the same time, the Russian armed forces launched a massive retaliatory strike against Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities and the energy facilities that support them overnight, the ministry also said, adding that over the past week, the Russian military have also launched six group retaliatory strikes.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet units destroyed a Ukrainian naval drone and an autonomous underwater vehicle in the Black Sea over past week, the ministry added.
Russian air defense systems have destroyed 2,354 drones, 57 aerial bombs, four Flamingo cruise missiles, three Neptune guided missiles, and three HIMARS missiles over the past week, the ministry also said.