Russian Battlegroup Tsentr troops have liberated Sviridonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"As a result of active combat operations, units of Battlegroup Tsentr have liberated the settlement of Sviridonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
In addition, Battlegroup Tsentr struck formations of Ukraine’s 47th and 151st Mechanized, 68th Jaeger, 111th Territorial Defense, and 15th National Guard Brigades in the areas of Vozdvizhenka, Kalinovo, Ptichiye, Novoekonomicheskoye, and Dolinovka in the DPR, and repulsed two counterattacks by a unit of the Ukrainian National Police’s Lyut Assault Brigade.
"The enemy's losses amounted to more than 500 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five utility vehicles, one US-made 155 mm M777 howitzer, one 152 mm Msta-B howitzer, three 122 mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery pieces, three 122 mm D-30 howitzers, two 100 mm Rapira guns, and one US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station," the Defense Ministry added.