❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, October 12:

▪Russian troops liberated the Nikolskoye community in the Zaporozhye Region over the past day

▪Russian forces liberated the Lidino settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)

▪Russian troops hit transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian army in 24 hours

▪Battlegroup Center units advanced in the central and northwestern parts of the Dobropolye settlement in the DPR

▪Marine units of Battlegroup Center continued mop-up operations in the western part of Dobropolye and at the Dobropolskaya Mine

▪Russian troops thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to break out of the encirclement near Dobropolye

▪Russian forces liberated 216 buildings, including four industrial ones, destroying up to 35 Ukrainian troops in Dobropolye in 24 hours

▪Russian forces continue fighting to liberate four settlements in the Kharkov Region encirclement

▪Kiev lost over 55 troops in the Kharkov Region encirclement in 24 hours

▪Air defenses destroyed 646 Ukrainian drones over the past day

▪Ukraine lost about 1,355 troops in the special military operation zone in 24 hours