Ukraine Loses Up to 650 Soldiers in Fights With Russia's Battlegroup Yug - Russian MoD

Ukraine lost up to 650 personnel in the area of operations of Russia's Battlegroup Yug in the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.

"The enemy lost up to 650 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, a 152-mm D-20 cannon, three 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, two US-made 105-mm M119 guns," the ministry said.

Kiev lost up to 470 soldiers in battles with Battlegroup Zapad and 470 fighters in battles with Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr, the ministry added. 

Russian troops also liberated the Ivanovka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the ministry said.

Russia's Battlegroup Vostok repelled two Ukrainian attacks, and Kiev lost up to 105 soldiers, the MoD concluded.