The Russian Defense Ministry reported a significant loss on one day in the Donetsk direction, stating that more than 240 Ukrainian service members were killed. Officials conveyed this figure to reporters, framing it as a stark update on recent combat activity in the region.
Additionally, the ministry claimed that a storage facility holding rocket and artillery weapons belonging to the Ukrainian 55th artillery brigade was destroyed in the Belokuzminovka residential area of the Donetsk People’s Republic. This claim emphasizes the scale of material losses alongside personnel casualties in the same operational window.
Earlier in the day, the Defense Ministry noted ongoing combat west of the city of Artemovsk, known in Ukrainian as Bakhmut, within the DPR. They said assault troops were sustained in their actions while airborne units offered support, portraying a dynamic in which Ukrainian forces faced continual pressure from Russian forces along the western flank of the city.
According to the agency, Russian artillery and aviation disrupted Ukrainian units in the Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka areas of the DPR. The ministry reported that Russian forces conducted five air sorties in this sector and that artillery units executed 73 firing missions, underscoring persistent aerial and ground-based pressure in these zones.
In total, the ministry asserted that more than 465 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries were eliminated in the specified direction during the day. They added that Russian forces also destroyed two APU tanks, six armored combat vehicles, six other vehicles, one Grad MLRS launcher, two D-20 howitzers, and two D-30 howitzers. These figures were presented as part of a broader summary of daily operational results, highlighting what the ministry describes as substantial achievements by Russian forces in the Donetsk region.