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MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. Russia’s Battlegroup Center liberated the communities of Progress and Yevgenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

"Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlements of Progress and Yevgenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic in active operations," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicts 205 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup North struck three Ukrainian army brigades and inflicted roughly 205 casualties on enemy troops in its area of responsibility over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

"Battlegroup North units inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 115th mechanized, 92nd assault and 71st infantry brigades in areas near the settlements of Volchansk, Tikhoye and Velikiye Prokhody in the Kharkov Region. During the last 24-hour period, they repelled two counterattacks near the settlements of Volchansk and Glubokoye in the Kharkov Region. The enemy lost as many as 205 personnel. An ammunition depot was destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts 540 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 540 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a US-made armored vehicle in its area of responsibility over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

"Battlegroup West units improved their forward edge positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 116th mechanized, 117th territorial defense and 1st National Guard brigades in areas near the settlements of Tabayevka and Kupyansk-Uzlovoi in the Kharkov Region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled a counterattack by an enemy assault group near the settlement of Torskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 540 personnel, a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier and 16 motor vehicles, the ministry specified.

In counterbattery fire, Russian troops destroyed two US-made 155mm M777 howitzers, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery gun and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, it said.

In addition, Russian forces destroyed eight ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, the ministry said.

Russia’s Battlegroup South strikes five Ukrainian brigades over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup South struck five Ukrainian army brigades and inflicted roughly 560 casualties on enemy troops in its area of responsibility over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.