MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 450 servicemen and a tank in the responsibility zone of the Battlegroup Center, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Units of the Battlegroup Center continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 151st Mechanized, 68th Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces, the 38th Marine Brigade, the 14th National Guard Brigade and the 132nd Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Grodovka, Dachenskoye, Mirolyubovka, Dimitrov and Pravdovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Nine counterattacks by assault groups of the 100th, 117th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces, the 35th Marine Brigade and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine were repelled," the ministry said.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the enemy lost more than 450 servicemen, a tank, five vehicles, a 203-mm self-propelled gun Pion, a 152-mm howitzer Msta-B, 2 152-mm guns D-20 and 2 122-mm howitzers D-30.