The Russian army has controlled the Baksheyevka community in the Kharkov region for the past 24 hours, within the framework of a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on August 4.
Units of the Northern Operations Group have seized control of the Baksheyevka settlement in the Kharkov region through active combat operations," the Ministry said in a statement.
According to the latest data, the Ukrainian army has lost about 1,435 soldiers in battles with Russian forces throughout the front lines.
Data shows that Ukraine lost more than 275 soldiers and 2 armored fighting vehicles in the area of responsibility of the Northern Combat Group, more than 210 soldiers and 21 vehicles in the Western Combat Group area, about 215 soldiers and 4 armored fighting vehicles in the Southern Combat Group area.
More than 355 soldiers and 4 armored vehicles in the Central Operations Group area, more than 345 soldiers and one tank and 3 armored vehicles in the Eastern Operations Group area and about 35 soldiers and 2 electronic surveillance stations in the Dnepr Operations Group area.
In the past 24 hours, units of the Northern Combat Group have caused losses to formations belonging to 1 mechanized brigade, 1 mechanized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian army and 1 border guard unit, in areas near Cherkasskiye Tishki, Serdobino, Chyornoye, Ivanovka and Ustinovka in the Kharkov region.
In the Sumy direction, these units also caused losses in the areas near Ulanovo, Bunyakino, Ryzhevka and Pisarevka.
The Western Combat Group has gained better lines and positions, causing damage to 2 mechanized brigades and 1 territorial defense brigade in areas near Nizhnyaya Zhuravka and Podliman in the Kharkov region, along with Svyatogorsk, Tatyanovka and Sidorovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Southern Operations Group improved tactical positions, causing losses to 2 mechanized brigades, 1 assault brigade, 1 mountain assault brigade and one National Guard brigade in areas near Nikolayevka, Nikanorovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Nikolaipolye.
The Central Operational Group inflicted losses on 2 mechanized brigades, 1 assault brigade, 1 assault regiment, 1 marine brigade and 3 National Guard brigades in areas near Krasnopodolye, Belozerskoye, Druzhkovka, Vodyanskoye and Dobropolye in Donetsk, and Raipole, Novopavlovka and Ivanovka in Dnepropetrovsk region.
The Eastern Combat Group continued to penetrate deep into the enemy's defense line in areas near Vasilkovka, Velikomikhailovka, Trudovoye, Novoye Pole, Dolinka and Shirokoye. The Dnepr Combat Group caused losses to a drone system brigade and 1 mountain attack brigade in areas near Antonovka in the Kherson region along with Yulyevka and Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also said that tactical air force, attack drones, Russian missile and artillery forces attacked transport infrastructure, energy and logistics centers used by the Ukrainian army, attack drone production and storage facilities, and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries at 148 locations.
Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 753 unmanned aerial vehicles and 16 Ukrainian smart bombs.
