The Center group of Russian forces has repelled eight attacks by the Ukrainian army and eliminated up to 360 servicepeople over the past 24 hours in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"Ukraine lost up to 360 servicepeople, an armored combat vehicle, eight cars and a US-made M777 155-mm howitzer, as well as a fuel depot for military equipment," the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the West group of forces eliminated up to 50 Ukrainian servicepeople, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles, the ministry said. Kiev also lost M777 howitzer, two US-made M119 howitzers and two Msta-B howitzers, as well as an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, the ministry added. Russian forces also eliminated a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit, four D-30 howitzers and a Rapira anti-tank gun, as well as a Grad multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS), and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, the ministry noted.
At the same time, the South group of Russian forces eliminated up to 440 Ukrainian soldiers and took full control over the village of Bohdanivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the ministry said. Kiev lost three vehicles and one combat vehicle of the 9K33 Osa anti-aircraft missile system. In the course of counter-battery combat a D-20 howitzer, a Grad MLRS and two Nota electronic warfare stations, as well as five Ukrainian field ammunition depots were hit, the ministry said.