MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Rovnopol in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Rovnopol in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia’s Battlegroup North destroys Ukrainian UAV workshop in Kharkov area

Russia’s Battlegroup North destroyed an UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) production workshop of the Ukrainian army and inflicted roughly 110 casualties on enemy troops in its area of responsibility in the Kharkov Region over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup North units inflicted casualties in the Kharkov direction on formations of the 113th and 120th territorial defense brigades and 5th border guard detachment of Ukraine’s Border Guard Service near the settlements of Udy, Vilcha, Krasnokutsk, Odnorobovka and Liptsy in the Kharkov Region… They destroyed a production workshop of unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 110 personnel, three motor vehicles and two 122mm D-30 howitzers, it specified.

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts 500 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 500 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed five enemy ammunition depots in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup West units improved their tactical position and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 28th, 43rd and 63rd mechanized and 119th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Novoplatonovka, Zagryzovo and Petropavlovka in the Kharkov Region and in the area of the Serebryanka forestry. They repelled seven counterattacks by formations of the Ukrainian army’s 14th and 53rd mechanized and 77th airmobile brigades," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 500 personnel, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, six motor vehicles, a 122mm Gvozdika motorized artillery system, an Anklav-N electronic warfare station and a Kvertus electronic warfare station, it specified.

In addition, Russian forces destroyed five field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicts 720 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted roughly 720 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy tanks in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup South units improved their frontline positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 33rd, 54th, 56th and 81st mechanized, 46th airmobile and 79th air assault brigades in areas near the settlements of Yantarnoye, Druzhkovka, Dyleyevka, Reznikovka, Privolye, Minkovka, Kurakhovo, Dronovka and Seversk in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 720 personnel, two tanks, eight motor vehicles, a 152mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system and a 105mm M119 artillery gun of US manufacture, four 122mm D-30 howitzers and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, it specified.

In addition, Russian forces destroyed two ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts over 480 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 480 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy tank and three armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup Center units continued their advance deep into the enemy’s defenses and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 100th mechanized, 5th mountain assault, 142nd infantry, 101st territorial defense, 1st and 18th National Guard brigades near the settlements of Andreyevka, Dzerzhinsk, Shcherbinovka, Petrovka, Sukhoi Yar and Dimitrov in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repulsed 10 counterattacks by formations of the Ukrainian army’s 42nd and 117th mechanized and 152nd jaeger brigades, 49th and 425th assault battalions, 35th marine infantry brigade and Ukraine’s Lyut national police assault brigade," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours totaled more than 480 personnel, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, seven motor vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and a 122mm D-30 howitzer, it specified.

Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicts 150 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicted roughly 150 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a French-made artillery system in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

Battlegroup East units "inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 33rd mechanized, 128th mountain assault, 113th and 129th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Velikaya Novosyolka, Temirovka, Novodonetskoye and Zelyonoye Pole in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 101st and 123rd territorial defense brigades," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 150 personnel, an armored personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles and a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artilelry system, it specified.

Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicts 65 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicted roughly 65 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy electronic warfare station in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 31st mechanized, 124th, 126th and 129th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Pyatikhatki and Stepnogorsk in the Zaporozhye Region, Mikhailovka, Antonovka and Shlyakhovoye in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 65 personnel, three motor vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and an Anklav-N electronic warfare station, it specified.

Russian forces strike Ukrainian military airfields, energy sites over past day

Russian troops struck Ukrainian military airfields and energy sites of military-industrial enterprises over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, energy facilities used for the operation of Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and massed enemy manpower and military equipment in 139 areas," the ministry said.

Russian air defenses destroy 85 Ukrainian UAVs, three smart bombs over past day

Russian air defense forces shot down 85 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and three Hammer smart bombs over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Air defense capabilities shot down three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, a rocket of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 85 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.

Overall, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 648 Ukrainian warplanes, 283 helicopters, 35,707 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 surface-to-air missile systems, 19,188 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,487 multiple rocket launchers, 17,805 field artillery guns and mortars and 28,216 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.