MOSCOW. Jan 21 (Interfax) - Russian forces have taken control of the Volkovo village in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"Units from the central group of forces kept moving deeper into enemy defense lines and took control of Volkovo in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said.
The group hit Ukrainian forces near Shcherbinovka, Petrovka, Dzerzhinsk, Lysovka, Baranovka, Slavyanka, Novoelizavetovka, Solyonoye, Novoalexandrovka, and Novovasilevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the ministry said.
"The enemy lost up to 580 troops, seven armored combat vehicles, including a French-made VAB armored personnel carrier, six trucks, and nine artillery systems," it said.
The eastern group of forces moved deeper into Ukrainian defense lines and eliminated up to 120 Ukrainian troops over the day, the ministry said.
"Units from the western group of forces took better lines and positions and struck troops and hardware of two mechanized brigades and an infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novoyegorovka in the Lugansk People's Republic, Drobyshevo, Kolodezi, Seversk and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Dvurechnaya, Glushkovka, Zelyony Gai and Lozovaya in the Kharkov region," it said.
In that sector, Ukrainian forces lost over 510 troops, seven armored combat vehicles, 17 trucks, and ten artillery systems, the ministry said.
"Units from the southern group of forces have improved their tactical position and hit detachments of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Izhevka, Predtechino, Belogorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Ivanovo-Daryevka, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Yantarnoye and Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic," it said.
The Dnepr group of forces struck Ukrainian units in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, while the northern group of forces hit a Ukrainian brigade near Volchansk in the Kharkov region, the ministry said.