❗️ Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, January 9: ▪️Ukraine lost about 1,500 troops in the special military operation zone ▪️Russian air defenses downed 14 HIMARS rockets and 71 drones ▪️The Battlegroup West repelled six Ukrainian counterattacks, causing the enemy to lose up to 480 troops ▪️Russian forces struck Ukrainian troops, equipment, and foreign mercenaries in 163 areas ▪️Ukraine lost over 155 servicemen due to the actions of the Battlegroup East ▪️The battlegroups North and Dnepr inflicted up to 90 losses on enemy ▪️Ukraine lost up to 245 soldiers in the responsibility zone of the Battlegroup South