Baghdad: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced, on Monday, the elimination of 1,620 Ukrainian soldiers. The Ministry's daily report on the progress of the military operation in Ukraine stated that its forces took control of the town of Stepovaya Novoselovka in Kharkov Province and the town of Novopokrovskoye in Donetsk, and 1,620 soldiers were killed. It added that 8 missiles and 5 bombs were intercepted, and 72 drones and 4 personnel carriers were shot down. Source: National Iraqi News Agency