❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, October 8:

▪Russian troops took control of the settlement of Annopolye in the Kharkov Region

▪Russian forces are fighting to liberate six communities in the Kharkov Region encirclement

▪Kiev lost up to 40 troops and an artillery piece in the Kharkov Region encirclement in 24 hours

▪Russian troops seized a sports complex and a stadium in the settlement of Dobropolye in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day

▪The Russian army liberated 103 buildings in Dobropolye in 24 hours, destroying over 25 Ukrainian troops

▪Russian forces hit drone production and storage sites, Ukrainian missile and ammunition depots

▪The Black Sea Fleet destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned boat in 24 hours

▪Ukraine lost a British-made Snatch armored patrol vehicle in the special military operation zone

▪Air defenses downed 1,062 Ukrainian drones over Russia in 24 hours

▪Kiev lost about 1,510 troops in the special military operation zone over the past day