Russian Defense Ministry reports strikes on Ukrainian UAV sites, infrastructure, and troop deployments, resulting in 1,440 Ukrainian casualties and destruction of equipment across various battlegroups over 24 hours.
Russia's Defense Ministry claims its Battlegroup South liberated 94 buildings and destroyed up to 95 Ukrainian servicemen in Konstantinovka. Over the past day, Russian forces also reported advancing in Krasny Liman, capturing strongholds and clearing buildings, while striking energy and transport facilities across 154 areas.
The Russian Battlegroup West reported destroying 51 drone control stations, a Starlink terminal, and various military equipment, including armored vehicles and artillery pieces, in the past 24 hours, according to spokesperson Ivan Bigma.
Russian forces have liberated the settlements of Borovaya and Kutkovka, according to Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov. He stated that active offensive operations are ongoing along a 350-kilometer frontline.
Army General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of Russia's General Staff, inspected the Battlegroup West's combat mission progress, receiving reports from commanders and setting future tasks. He also awarded state decorations to distinguished servicemen.
Air defense crews and mobile armed units also shot down 44 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, a US-made HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket system missile, and seven enemy loitering munitions, the battlegroup’s spokesman Ivan Bigma said
47 UAV control points and 17 ground-based robotic systems of the opposing side were also identified and destroyed
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 Russian military also destroyed four mortars, 19 ground robotic systems, 47 drone control stations, a Starlink terminal and two field ammunition depots
