The Eastern troops group, after conducting successful offensive operations, took control of Blagodatnoe in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the statement of the military body published on Sunday on its Telegram channel said.

The group also defeated formations of a mechanized brigade and two territorial defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the areas near Konstantinople, Vremevka, Neskúchnoye and Bogatir localities, causing up to 190 casualties to the enemy.

The Ukrainian Army also lost in this line of operations two units of 152-millimeter Akatsia self-propelled artillery, two MaxxPro armored vehicles and a U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled howitzer.

A fuel depot was also destroyed.

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