Afrasianet - The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of its forces in the entire territory of the Lugansk Republic, which joined Russia, the towns of Verkhnyaya Besarivka in the Kharkiv Oblast, and Boykovo in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast in eastern and southern Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense's daily statement on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine reads:
• Continued strikes on military airports, military industrial sites, energy and fuel infrastructure serving Ukrainian forces.
• The "North" forces inflicted defeats on the enemy in the Kharkiv and Sumy provinces of eastern and northern Ukraine, and cost it 255 soldiers.
• The "West" forces killed the enemy 170 soldiers.
• The forces of the "East" killed the enemy 275 soldiers.
• The forces of the "South" took control of strategic lines and positions, and the enemy lost 175 soldiers.
• The Dnieper forces improved their tactical position, and the enemy lost 70 soldiers.
• The "Markaz" forces improved their position along the front line and inflicted 370 enemy soldiers.
• "Center" forces advance in the direction of Dobropolsky Kyiv's forces thwarted an attempt to launch a counterattack and penetrate the Dobropolsky area, destroying a convoy of 4 vehicles, including an Abrams tank, and neutralizing about 30 Ukrainian fighters.
Source: RT
