Ukrainian military casualties exceeded 12,000 during Kiev's five-day counteroffensive, Russia’s Defense Ministry has claimed.

The Russian military and allied forces of the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk were ordered to leave the city of Izyum on Saturday, several reporters deployed in the conflict zone have said.

The Russian military has killed over 100 nazi mercenaries in Ukraine in a high-precision strike, the Defense Ministry claimed on Monday.