Military operation in Ukraine

In exchange, 150 prisoners of war of the Ukrainian armed forces returned home

He recalled that in their honor, as well as in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

"Losses of the Ukrainian armed forces totaled more than 445 servicemen; an armored personnel carrier, thirteen armored combat vehicles, and twenty-two motor vehicles were destroyed," the ministry said

Attacks did not result in new casualties, Alekseenko added

Ukrainian army lost up to 505 servicemen from Russia’s Battlegroup West actions

One infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces hit energy facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, airfields, storage depots, command posts, and launch sites for attack drones over the day

One person was injured, the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported

The system also intercepted a fixed-wing drone attempting to attack the Makeyevka machine-building plant

The adversary attempted a counterattack with several of these attempts resulting in enemy losses