According to Alexander Savchuk, the battlegroup’s units continued to move deeper into enemy defenses MOSCOW, March 8. /TASS/. Russia’s Battlegroup Center made Ukraine lose up to 600 troops in the past day, battlegroup spokesman Alexander Savchuk said. "The enemy lost up to 600 troops, a tank, and six armored combat vehicles, including two VAB armored personnel carriers and two M113 carriers. Two motor vehicles and two artillery systems were also destroyed," he specified. According to Savchuk,