Ukraine has been losing more than 800 soldiers and 120 units of various weapon on average per day since the beginning of the year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, Ednews reports via sputnikglobe.

"As a result of the decisive and active actions of our military personnel, the combat potential of the Ukrainian armed forces is decreasing. On average, since the beginning of the year, the enemy has been losing more than 800 personnel and 120 units of various weapons, including foreign-made, every day," Shoigu told a meeting with senior military officials.
In total, Ukraine has lost more than 444,000 soldiers since the beginning of the special military operation in 2022, the minister added.
The Russian armed forces have taking control over three settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past week, namely Pobeda, Lastochkno and Severnoe, Shoigu said.
 
"Since the beginning of the year, about 327 square kilometers of the territory of new regions of Russia have been liberated from the Nazis in all directions. Over the past week, the Ukrainian armed forces have been driven out of the settlements of Pobeda, Lastochkino, and Severnoe of the Donetsk People’s Republic," Shoigu told senior military officials.