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

▪Russian forces hit 12 dry cargo ships, two sea ferries, a tanker, and a tugboat used by the Ukrainian army over the past week

▪Russian air defenses shot down 5,706 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones

▪Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr made Ukraine lose over 280 troops

▪Ukraine lost over 390 troops in the encirclement in the Kharkov Region

▪Kiev’s forces lost nearly 1,480 soldiers in the Russian Battlegroup West’s responsibility zone

▪Ukraine lost over 1,500 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battleground North

▪Ukraine lost over 1,955 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battleground East

▪Ukraine lost over 2,865 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battleground Center

▪Ukraine lost over 1,240 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battleground South

▪Russian forces carried out two massive, five group strikes in the past week, as they also hit defense, steel, and radio-electronic industry sites

▪Russian forces liberated five settlements and established control over five others

▪Russia’s Battlegroup South liberated Verolyubovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic

▪The Battlegroup Center liberated the settlement of Zolotoy Kolodez in the Donetsk People’s Republic

▪The Russian Armed Forces struck distribution centers for military cargo and railway infrastructure facilities for the Ukrainian army

▪The Russian Armed Forces disabled Ukrainian ports’ infrastructure facilities handling receipt of cargo, fuel for the Ukrainian army.