"As a result of active actions, Battlegroup Yug liberated the settlement of Minkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the statement said.
The Russian Army also liberated Pokrovka village in the Sumy region, the ministry added.
Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated up to 300 Ukrainian military personnel over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
"The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 300 soldiers, six armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles and an artillery piece," the ministry said in a statement.
Kiev has also lost over 275 soldiers in battles with Battlegroup Vostok in the past day, the statement read.
Additionally, the Russian armed forces defeated energy and transport infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces, the ministry said.