❗Key takeaways from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly report on the progress of the special military operation:

▪Russia liberated eight settlements in the past week, including Novonikolayevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past day

▪Russian forces carried out 14 group strikes, hitting the Ukrainian army’s military-industrial facilities, logistics centers, and fuel and energy infrastructure

▪Russian air defenses downed 16 HIMARS rockets, eight Flamingo missiles, five Neptune missiles and 7,078 fixed-wing UAVs

▪Russia struck 15 vessels used by the Ukrainian army

▪The Black Sea Fleet destroyed eight Ukrainian unmanned boats

▪Russia hit infrastructure facilities at Ukrainian sea ports used to store military cargo

▪Ukraine lost over 2,435 troops in Battlegroup Center's responsibility zone

▪Battlegroup North inflicted up to 1,595 casualties on the Ukrainian army, Battlegroup South inflicted over 1,430 casualties, while Ukraine lost more than 1,500 troops in Battlegroup West's responsibility zone and over 2,405 troops in Battlegroup East's area

▪Ukraine lost up to 220 troops in Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr area of responsibility