MOSCOW, June 6 -- The weight of the fighting on June 6 fell hardest on Ukraine's positions in the south. Russia's Vostok, or East, battlegroup reported eliminating up to 385 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday - the largest figure recorded by any single battlegroup across the six active front sectors that day.

The losses in the Vostok zone came alongside the destruction of two armored combat vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one artillery piece, the ministry said in its daily operational summary. No specific settlements were named in connection with Saturday's Vostok tally, though recent ministry reports have consistently placed the group's active fighting near Samoylovka and Novonikola...