Russian defense: We took control of the town of Yakovlevka in Donetsk

ARK News… The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the Ukrainian death toll on the Donetsk axis had surpassed 40 soldiers in a day.

The Russian Defense Ministry, on Sunday, announced that its units operating along the Donetsk axis had continued offensive operations and had taken control of the Donetsk town of Yakovlevka.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry's daily report, Russian forces are currently clearing the town of the remnants of the Ukrainian army, noting that the death toll of Ukrainians on the Donetsk axis has surpassed 40 soldiers in a single day.

Donetsk Governor: The most intense fighting occurred near the towns of Bakhmut and Avdivka.

Ukrainian troop losses
According to a Russian Ministry of Defense report, Ukrainian forces lost up to 25 soldiers on the Kobyansk axis (north of Lugansk), 60 soldiers killed and wounded on the Krasnyi Lehman axis (north of Donetsk), and 50 soldiers killed and wounded on the southern Donetsk axis.
It also mentioned the destruction of a US-made anti-battery AN/TPQ-36 radar in Donetsk, as well as the downing of a drone and the interception of nine missiles launched by HIMARS rocket launchers.

According to the statement, 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,676 drones, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,149 other tanks and armored vehicles, 931 rocket launchers, 3,691 pieces of field artillery and mortars, and 7,650 private military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation. Ukrainian strikes on Russia's Belgorod region.

One person was killed and five others were injured in Ukrainian strikes on Russia's Belgorod region, according to Governor Vyacheslav Glagow on Telegram.

The strikes targeted Belgorod, the region's largest city, injuring four people, and a nearby neighborhood where "one person was killed and another was injured," according to the governor.

According to him, 14 houses were damaged and several buildings were scattered.

Earlier on Sunday, Glacow announced that air defense systems were operational over the Belgorod region.
Since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, the area has been bombed several times.

The governor had announced the construction of border fortifications without specifying their size or location, as well as the formation of self-defense units.

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