Russian forces are continuing to advance through Ukrainian-occupied areas of the Donetsk People's Republic, and have made new gains in neighboring Kharkov region, Russia's Defense Ministry has announced.
"Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated the village of Solovyevo in the Donetsk People's Republic and struck a blow against the manpower and equipment of the 92nd Assault, 31st, 100th and 115th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the 109th Territorial Defense Brigade and 2nd National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Rozovka, Kalinovo, Umanskoye and Progress in the Donetsk People's Republic," the MoD said in a statement Monday.
Tsentr's troops were said to have engaged and repelled seven Ukrainian counterattacks in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Netailovo and Berdychi in the DPR, in the course of which up to 370 Ukrainian troops, an armored combat vehicle, 20 other vehicles and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
Elsewhere on the front, "as a result of dynamic actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated the village of Kotlyarovka in Kharkov region," the Defense Ministry said.
"Having improved their position along the front line, [Russian forces] struck a blow to the manpower and equipment of the 14th, 44th, and 66th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Kharkov region, Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk People's Republic and Novosadovoe in the Donetsk People's Republic," the MoD said.
Russian forces were also said to have repelled three counterattacks by Ukrainian assault groups in Sinkovka, Krakhmalnoye in Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk People's Republic, in the course of which Ukrainian forces lost up to 120 troops, two tanks, including a German Leopard, two US-made 155 mm M777 howitzers, a 152 mm Msta-B howitzer and three 122 mm Gvozdika artillery pieces.
Units from the Yug Group of Forces engaged in combat with Ukrainian formations in the settlements of Andreevka, Belogorovka, Kurakhovo, Kurdyumovka, Ostroye, Konstantinovka and Sprnoe in the DPR, causing up to 275 personnel losses, six vehicles and an armored personnel carrier.
Elswhere in the DPR, forces from the Eastern Group of Forces engaged Ukrainian forces in Vodyanoye, Makarovka, Prechistovka and Urozhaynoye. Enemy losses were said to have amounted to 160 troops, two tanks, three vehicles, an M198 howitzer and three D-30 guns.
In Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, units from the Dnepr Group of Forces reported engagments with Ukrainian forces in and around the settlements of Stepnoe and Rabotino, Zaporozhye, and Tokarevka in Kherson. Enemy losses were said to include 40 troops, four M777 howitzers, one D-20 and D-30 howitzer, and a Nota electronic warfare station.
Tactical aviation units, missile and artillery forces reported the destruction of two Ukrainian enterprises engaged in the production of drones, and to have struck positions across 122 separate areas. A Ukrainian Su-27 jet was destroyed, along with 23 drones, and seven HIMARS missiles launched toward Russian positions.
In addition, the military reported the destruction of an array of Ukrainian artillery in counter-artillery fire, including an M109 Paladin, three M777 howitzers, a 105 mm M119 gun, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzers, a 122 mm D-30 howitzers, three Enklav and Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations, and a US-made counter-battery AN/TPQ-50 radar.