Konashenkov said at his press briefing on Monday that Bakhmutskoye is located south of Soledar and near Artiomovsk and was occupied after the offensive of the Russian army in the Donetsk region.

The spokesman noted that as a result of these combat actions, the enemy’s losses in one day amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian soldiers, three infantry fighting vehicles, one armored personnel carrier, and four pickup trucks.

While in the Krasny Liman area, air and artillery strikes hit enemy units in Lugansk, Donetsk, and the Kharkiv region, eliminating 60 uniformed personnel, three armored vehicles, and three pickup trucks, Konashenkov said.

In the Kupiansk area, the Russian army attacked concentrations of Ukrainian personnel causing 50 casualties among dead and wounded, the destruction of two tanks and three infantry vehicles, the military spokesman said.

While in the southern part of Donetsk, Konashenkov said that more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, and three pickup trucks were eliminated during the day’s fighting.

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