>MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/. Over the past week, Russia’s Battlegroup East liberated the localities of Khorosheye, Sosnovka, and Novopetrovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. TASS has gathered more highlights about this and other advances by the Russian army over the past week from the latest ministry report.

>The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Center this week totaled 3,370 men, five tanks and 16 combat armored vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

"The enemy lost up to 3,370 troops, five tanks, 16 combat armored vehicles, 42 vehicles and 14 field artillery pieces," the ministry’s news release reads.

The group’s units continued to advance deep into the enemy’s defenses and inflicted losses on Ukraine’s five mechanized, one infantry, one airborne, three airborne assault, two assault, and one Jaeger brigades, and two assault regiments, three marine brigades, one territorial defense brigade and two National Guard brigades

>Units of the Battlegroup North improved their tactical position in the Sumy Region this week, the Defense Ministry has said.

"This week, units of the Battlegroup North improved their tactical position in the Sumy Region," the ministry said.

"Over the week, the Ukrainian forces lost in the zone of responsibility of the Russian Battlegroup North over 1,220 troops, three tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, 103 motor vehicles, 11 field artillery guns, nine electronic warfare stations, 43 ammunition and materiel depots," the ministry noted.