Russian President Vladimir Putin announced major military leadership changes, appointing Colonel General Andrey Ivanayev to head battlegroup Center and Lieutenant General Pyotr Bolgarev to lead battlegroup East.
A Russian Battlegroup Center officer, call sign Pole, stated that the liberation of Svetloye in the Donetsk People’s Republic on July 29 creates a springboard for a further offensive on northern Dobropolye.
Russian military expert Andrey Marochko reported that Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries suffered over 9,600 killed or wounded in the special military operation zone last week, with Russia's Battlegroup Center inflicting the heaviest losses, particularly near Dobropolye.
Russia's Battlegroup Center liberated Belitskoye in the DPR on July 22, conducting offensive operations with assault units and armored vehicles. Russian troops are now searching for remaining Ukrainian soldiers. This follows recent reports of liberations in the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
Russia's Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops liberated five settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic between June 13-19, including Yurkovka in the last 24 hours. The ministry also claimed significant casualties inflicted on Ukrainian forces across various Russian battlegroups.
Military expert Andrey Marochko reported that Ukrainian forces suffered approximately 8,010 casualties between April 25 and May 1, alongside significant equipment losses in the special military operation zone.
The Russian Defense Ministry's daily bulletin claims Ukraine lost approximately 1,235 troops in the special military operation zone in one day, with the highest losses reported in Battlegroup East (over 330) and Battlegroup Center (320). The claims span multiple Ukrainian regions including the Sumy Region, Kharkov Region, Donetsk People's Republic, Zaporozhye Region, Kherson Region, and Dnepropetrovsk Region.
The high efficiency of drone crews in destroying equipment, manpower, and strongholds ensures the continuous advance of Russian assault units in the Dobropolye direction
Ukrainian armed forces lost nearly 7,260 servicemen and mercenaries in the special military operation zone over the past week, according to military expert Andrey Marochko's analysis of Russian Defense Ministry reports. Russia's battlegroup Center inflicted the greatest losses along the western border of the Donetsk People’s Republic and in the Dnepropetrovsk Region.
