“Losses (APU. -

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) in the Artyomovsky direction are quite large.

According to our data, at least every day they lose up to a battalion of personnel - these are sanitary and irretrievable losses, ”TASS quoted him as saying on the air of Solovyov Live.

Marochko noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also suffering losses due to attempts to make a breakthrough in the area of ​​​​Svatov and Kremennaya.

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Ukraine's losses in November amounted to more than 8,300 military.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that on December 5, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive blow to the military command and control system, the defense industry and the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine.