MOSCOW (Monitoring Desk): Russia’s Ministry of Defence has claimed that Russian forces gained control of two settlements, Nefyodovka and Chornoye, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region over the past 24 hours.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, units of the North Group of Forces are working to tighten the encirclement of Ukrainian troops in Kharkiv and expand the territory under their control. Russian forces are also continuing to advance toward other settlements, including Nikolayevka and Varvarovka.
The ministry claimed that approximately 1,105 Ukrainian military personnel were killed or wounded across various fronts during the past 24 hours. However, Russian officials did not provide separate figures for those killed and injured.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, Ukraine suffered losses of more than 175 personnel on the North Group’s front, approximately 220 in the West Group’s area and around 145 on the South Group’s front.
Similarly, Russian forces claimed to have inflicted losses of approximately 345 Ukrainian personnel in areas under the responsibility of the Centre Group, more than 190 on the East Group’s front and around 30 in the Dnieper Group’s area.
The Russian Ministry of Defence further stated that units of the Centre Group had advanced in the city of Dobropillia in the Donetsk People’s Republic, taking control of 31 buildings.
According to the statement, Russian aircraft, drone units, missile forces and artillery struck Ukrainian military transport infrastructure, drone manufacturing workshops, drone storage facilities, and temporary positions used by military personnel and foreign fighters at 145 locations.
The Russian Ministry of Defence also claimed that its air defence systems had destroyed 342 Ukrainian drones and four long-range Flamingo cruise missiles over the past 24 hours.
It should be noted that all figures and battlefield developments cited in this report are based on claims made by Russia’s Ministry of Defence, and the report provided no independent verification of these assertions.