The military body announced on its official Telegram channel that during the fighting over the settlement and in the last 24 hours in other places on the front line, the Ukrainian forces suffered more than 1,160 losses.

The units of the Central battlegroup inflicted over 500 casualties and destroyed four armored vehicles, seven cars, and two artillery pieces, including a French-made Caesar howitzer, the release stressed.

The South battlegroup annihilated more than 360 Ukrainian military personnel and destroyed a tank, two armored vehicles, nine cars, and a British FH-70 howitzer. An electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were also eliminated.

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