MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted damage on units of five Ukrainian brigades over the past 24 hours during the special military operation, Spokesman for the group Alexander Savchuk told TASS.

"Battlegroup Center continues meeting military targets in the zone of the special military operation. The group’s units continued advancing deep into the enemy’s defense. Damage was inflicted on formations of the 23rd mechanized, 59th infantry, 109th, 123rd territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian army, the 12th brigades of the Ukrainian National Guard near Dzerzhinsk, Sukhaya Balka, Vozdvizhenka, Voznesenka, Ilyinka," he said.

Ten counterattacks by assault groups of the 42nd, 100th, 117th mechanized brigades, the 35th marine brigade, the 49th, 425th assault battalions of the Ukrainian army were repelled, Savchuk said, adding that the enemy lost up to 460 troops.