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

▪Russian forces took control of the Kiyanitsa community in the Sumy Region over the past day

▪Russian troops liberated two settlements over the past week and took control of three more over past 24 hours

▪The Russian army rendered inoperable several Ukrainian port infrastructure facilities

▪Russian troops are advancing in western and eastern parts of the settlement of Dobropolye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)

▪All Ukrainian attempts to break out of the encirclement or carry out troop rotation in Dobropolye were thwarted

▪Russian forces destroyed over 520 Ukrainian troops since the start of the encirclement in Dobropolye

▪Russian forces delivered one massive and seven combined strikes, hitting Ukrainian defense sites and telecommunication centers over the past week

▪Russian troops struck 14 dry cargo ships and one tanker, delivering Western weapons, military equipment and fuel to the Ukrainian army over the past week

▪Russia’s Battlegroup North thwarted all Ukrainian attempts to break out of the encirclement in the Kharkov Region over the past week

▪Battlegroup North liberated 414 square km, destroying over 1,360 Ukrainian troops since the Kharkov Region encirclement

▪Air defenses shot down 17 Flamingo cruise missiles and 7,389 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the past week

▪Ukraine lost over 275 troops and three armored fighting vehicles in the Kharkov Region encirclement over the past week

▪Ukraine lost over 1,850 troops in Battlegroup North’s area of responsibility, more than 3,415 troops in Battlegroup Center’s area of responsibility, over 1,845 troops in Battlegroup East’s area of responsibility, more than 1,215 troops in Battlegroup South’s area of responsibility, over 1,565 troops in Battlegroup West’s area of responsibility and up to 245 troops in Battlegroup Dnepr’s area of responsibility over the past week