MOSCOW, June 7. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military lost up to 1,465 troops in the special military operation zone in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
In particular, the Ukrainian army lost over 230 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 225 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West, up to 190 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South, over 515 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center, up to 205 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup East and up to 100 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Dnepr.
According to the Defense Ministry, units of Battlegroup North hit the forces and equipment of three Ukrainian mechanized brigades and two territorial defense brigades near Ugroyedy, Ivolzhanskoye, Malaya Korchakovka, Radyanskoye, Khoten, Yastrebinoye, Yunakovka and Sadki in the Sumy Region. The Ukrainian army lost an armored combat vehicle, six motor vehicles and five field artillery systems. Two electronic warfare systems and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of Battlegroup West moved to more advantageous positions, hitting the forces of three Ukrainian mechanized brigades, an air mobile brigade and three territorial defense brigades near Maleyevka, Nizhneye Solyonoye, Kovsharovka, Olgovka, Moskovka, and Kupyansk in the Kharkov Region, and near the Volchy Yar, Kirovsk and Yampol in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Ukrainian army lost a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, 21 motor vehicles and an artillery system. Five electronic warfare systems, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbatter radar and six ammunition depots were destroyed.
Battlegroups South and Center
Units of Battlegroup South improved their tactical position, hitting the forces and equipment of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade and an air mobile brigade near Kleban-Byk, Zarya, Seversk, Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost four motor vehicles and a field artillery system. A Nota electronic warfare system and three ammunition depots were wiped out.
Units of Battlegroup Center improved their frontline position, hitting the forces of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, two air assault brigades and a National Guard brigade near Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeisk, Sergeyevka, Novonikolayevka, Alexeyevka, Udachnoye and Novosergeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost four Kozak armored combat vehicles, eight pickup trucks, five artillery systems, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbatter radar.
Battlegroups East and Dnepr
Units of Battlegroup East continued to move deeper into enemy defenses. They hit the forces and equipment of three Ukrainian mechanized brigades, a marine brigade and a territorial defense brigade near Komar in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Gulyaypole and Malinovka in the Zaporozhye Region. The Ukrainian army lost four armored combat vehicles, ten motor vehicles, and five field artillery systems, including a US-made M198 155 mm howitzer. Two electronic warfare systems and a supplies depot were wiped out.
Units of Battlegroup Dnepr hit the forces of a Ukrainian mechanized brigade, three coast guard brigades and a territorial defense brigade near Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye Region, Ilyinka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, Kazatskoye, Kamyshany and Antonovka in the Kherson region. The enemy lost eight motor vehicles, an artillery system, six electronic warfare systems, a Plastun electronic surveillance station and two ammunition depots.