Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of a new town in eastern Ukraine, eliminating 1,375 soldiers, and shooting down 202 drones.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the Ministry stated that this comes as a result of decisive actions by units of the Russian Center Group, including the capture of the town of Lysovka in the Donetsk Oblast.

The Ministry explained that its forces targeted Ukrainian armed forces gatherings in the Donetsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv Oblasts, noting that the Ukrainian forces lost dozens of armored combat vehicles, personnel carriers, vehicles, field guns, ammunition depots, and electronic warfare stations as a result.