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Russia suffered significant losses of military equipment both in the air and on the ground over the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have said in their latest update.
Ukraine's military said on Friday that over the previous day, Russia had lost 18 tanks, a helicopter and a fighter jet, as well as 14 artillery systems and eight Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS).
It said that Russia's biggest losses occurred towards Kramatorsky and Donetsk in the east of the country, adding that Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile units destroyed seven Russian targets, including four Iranian-made drones.
The details of the daily assessment have not been independently verified and Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment.
It comes as Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Friday that over the last three days Ukrainian forces had secured bridgeheads in the Kharkiv Oblast on the east bank of the Oskil River, which Russia had tried to integrate into a consolidated defensive line after its forces retreated earlier in September.
Defense officials said that Ukrainian troops were assaulting the town of Lyman, east of the Siverskyy Donets River, which Russia captured in May.
However, Oleh Synyehubov, the governor of Kharkiv, wrote on Telegram that Russian troops continue to "terrorize the civilian population" of his region by shelling settlements adjacent to the contact line and the border with Russia.
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