Russian troops liberate two communities in Ukraine operation over week — top brass

MOSCOW, June 5. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated two communities in the Zaporozhye Region and the Donetsk People’s Republic over the week of May 30 - June 5 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

"Battlegroup South units liberated the settlement of Tikhonovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic through decisive operations. <…> Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Komsomolskoye in the Zaporozhye Region through active offensive operations," the ministry said in a statement.

Russian troops delivered one massive and six combined strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, energy and transport facilities and military airfields over the week, the ministry reported.

"On May 30 - June 5, in retaliation to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces delivered one massive and six combined strikes by air-launched, seaborne and ground-based precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, fuel and energy, transport and port infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations, military airfields, workshops for the assembly and sites for the storage and launch of unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries," the ministry said.

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted more than 1,355 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy tanks and six armored combat vehicles in its areas of responsibility over the week, the ministry reported.

Over the week, Battlegroup North units "inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades, an airmobile brigade, an air assault brigade, an unmanned systems brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian army, a marine infantry brigade, three territorial defense brigades and a National Guard brigade," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,355 personnel, two tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 99 motor vehicles, nine field artillery guns and five electronic warfare stations in those frontline areas over the week, it specified.

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 1,325 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed 12 enemy armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the week, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup West units continued active offensive operations. Over the week, they inflicted losses on formations of f