MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS/. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup East in one day amounted to a tank, an armored combat vehicle and more than 140 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"Units of the Battlegroup East improved the situation along the front line. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, tank brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and three defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novosyolka, Burlatskoye, Novopol, Novoocheretovatoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Gulyaipole of the Zaporozhye region," the ministry said.
According to the ministry, the enemy's losses amounted to over 140 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, five vehicles and three field artillery pieces, including a German-made 155-mm self-propelled artillery unit Panzerhaubitze 2000.
Kiev forces lost up to 95 troops as a result of actions by Battlegroups North and Dnepr
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 95 servicemen, two ammunition depots and three electronic warfare stations in a day as a result of actions by the battlegroups North and Dnepr, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
" In the Kharkov direction, the units of the battlegroup North inflicted losses on formations of a special forces brigade, a defense brigade and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sinelnikovo, Malye Prokhody and Zhovtneve in the Kharkov region. The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 30 servicemen, 2 field artillery guns and a vehicle," the ministry said.
Meanwhile, units of the battlegroup Dnepr defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, infantry, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreyevka, Malye Shcherbaky, Kamenskoye, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporozhye region, Berislav and Otradokamenka in the Kherson region. The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 65 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and seven cars. Two ammunition depots and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.