❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, August 5:

▪Russian troops liberated the Zarnitsa community in the Zaporozhye Region

▪Russia’s Battlegroup North gained control of the Ryzhevka settlement in the Sumy Region

▪Russian air defense forces shot down 1,083 Ukrainian UAVs, 10 smart bombs, and two HIMARS rockets in the past 24 hours

▪Russian troops struck fuel and energy, transport sites used by the Ukrainian army over the past day

▪Ukraine lost around 1,380 troops along the engagement line in the past day