This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of troops, as a result of coordinated actions, continued to occupy more advantageous lines and positions,” the report says.

According to the department, within 24 hours the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Netaylovo, Novoselovka, Pervaya and Toretsk in the DPR.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 500 military personnel.

It also became known that Russian air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Nikolaev region.