# Russian troops reportedly liberate two Donetsk communities in past day

https://mins.news/en/item/25124

- TASS, 2026-08-18 12:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2174657

> Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces liberated Orekhovatka and Krasnopodolye in the Donetsk region during the previous 24 hours of the Ukraine operation. It also reported roughly 1,445 Ukrainian military casualties across the front lines, including about 260 in the area assigned to Battlegroup South, along with nine armored vehicles destroyed there.

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