Kiev loses 1,235 troops along engagement line in past day MOSCOW, February 18. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated two communities in the Sumy and Zaporozhye Regions over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday. "Battlegroup North units established control of the settlement of Kharkovka in the Sumy Region through active operations. <…> Battlegroup East units kept advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the