Moscow - Saba:
The Russian Ministry of Defense on Saturday said Russian forces had liberated the town of Panteleimonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Sputnik quoted the ministry as saying in a statement: "As a result of relentless operations, units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the town of Panteleimonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," adding, "The enemy lost about 300 soldiers on this front, as well as a tank, a US-made Humvee armored fighting vehicle, and five vehicles. An ammunition depot was destroyed."
The statement added: "As a result of decisive operations carried out by units of the Dnieper Group of Forces, the town of Shcherbakki in Zaporizhia Oblast was liberated."
Dnieper forces also targeted Ukrainian Armed Forces formations on this front in the areas of Novoandrivka, Kamenskoye, and Stepnogorsk in Zaporizhia Oblast, and Dneprovskoye and Nikolskoye in Kherson Oblast.
More than 70 servicemen, vehicles, and electronic warfare stations were neutralized.
The statement added: "On the Belgorod axis, units of the Northern Group of Forces defeated concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment in the Krasnopolye, Ogrody, Prokody, and Miropolskoye areas of Kharkiv Oblast."
"The enemy's losses amounted to up to 185 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, three field artillery pieces, an Israeli-made Rada radar station, and a Nota electronic warfare station."
Units of the "West" forces also liberated important lines and positions, targeting Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment in the Novo and Yambol areas of the Donetsk People's Republic, Nadya in the Luhansk People's Republic, and Krynychki in Kharkiv Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered losses of up to 210 servicemen, one tank, two armored fighting vehicles, six vehicles, and four field guns, including two Western-made ones. Two electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were also destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces also improved their positions, defeating Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the areas of Zeleno, Kotelino, Elizavetovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlyarovka, Petrovskoye, and Novosergievka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered losses of more than 480 servicemen, two tanks, six armored fighting vehicles, five vehicles, and three field guns, including a US-made 105mm M101 howitzer.
"Units of the Eastern Group of Forces continued to penetrate deep into the enemy's defenses, defeating manpower and destroying equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Yalta, Otradnoye, Voskresenka, and Novopole in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Gulyaypole in the Zaporozhye Oblast."
"Enemy losses amounted to up to 150 soldiers, three vehicles, and three field guns. An ammunition depot was also destroyed."
Russian operational and unmanned aviation, missile forces, and artillery carried out strikes that caused significant damage to the infrastructure of military airfields, assembly points, warehouses, drone control centers, ammunition depots, and enemy manpower and equipment in 148 locations.
Air defense systems also shot down a US-made JDAM guided bomb, a HIMARS missile, and 73 drones.
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