Ukrainian formations encircled in the Kharkov Region lost as many as 35 service members over the past 24 hours, TASS reported, citing Vasily Mezhevykh, a spokesman for Russia's Battlegroup North.
According to the same statement, the battlegroup is pressing ahead with tightening the encirclement around the Ukrainian units in the northeastern section of the region, while at the same time widening the outer zone under its control.
