The military’s statement said on their official Telegram channel on Sunday that following a successful offensive, the Russian units of the Central battlegroup had managed to occupy Novotroitskoye.
The ministry estimated that the Central Battlegroup inflicted 480 Ukrainian casualties over the last day, 420 Ukrainians were shot down in the West Battlegroup, 220 were killed in the South Battlegroup, 170 were eliminated in the East Battlegroup, 70 in the Dnieper Battlegroup, and 40 others in the North Battlegroup, totaling 1,400.
Russia has been conducting a special military operation in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, to protect the population from the Kiev government’s genocide,” according to President Vladimir Putin.
It also aims to counter national security risks posed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) eastward expansion.
In mid-June 2023, Putin formulated several crucial conditions to start peace negotiations, in particular, the Ukrainian withdrawal from the four new Russian territories (Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye), refrain from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), maintain a neutral, non-aligned, and non-nuclear status, and lift all sanctions on his country.
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