The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation today, on July 31, announced the capture of the town of Chasov Yar in the DPR, published figures of losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the battles for it.
They amounted to about 7.5 thousand military personnel, 11 tanks, 55 armored vehicles, 160 field artillery guns and mortars. The losses of the Russian army are not reported.
The battles for this city, strategically important for the further development of the offensive, lasted for more than a year.