Ukrainian forces lost up to 460 troops in the Battlegroup Center responsibility zone – Military and Defense

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The Battlegroup Center defeated five brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk People’s Republic in one day and repulsed nine counterattacks. The Ukrainian army lost up to 460 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“Battlegroup Center units continued to advance deep into enemy defenses, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of the 150th Mechanized, 25th Airborne, 59th Motorized Infantry, 5th Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 101st Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Dzerzhinsk, Novotroitskoye, Shevchenko and Tsukurino of the Donetsk People’s Republic Nine counterattacks by the 53rd, 93rd, 100th Mechanized, 68th Jaeger Brigades, 49th and 425th Assault Battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 37th Marine Brigade and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine were repulsed,” the ministry reported.

According to the ministry, the enemy lost up to 460 troops, a US-made M117 armored personnel carrier, two Kozak combat armored vehicles, five cars, a 203mm Pion self-propelled artillery unit and a 122mm Grad multiple launch. missile system.

Kiev’s armed forces lost 110 troops in the Battlegroup East zone of responsibility

Battlegroup East forces defeated a brigade of Ukrainian forces in the Dobrovolye area of ​​the Donetsk People’s Republic and repulsed a counterattack. The enemy lost up to 110 soldiers within 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Units of the Armed Forces of the Battlegroup East occupied more favorable positions, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the Dobrovolye settlement of the Donetsk People’s Republic. They also repulsed the enemy’s counterattack,’ reports the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to the ministry, enemy losses amounted to 110 soldiers, an armored fighting vehicle, three cars and a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled howitzer.