Overview
- The ministry said units of the 'Center' grouping took Lenino after what it called active offensive actions.
- The capture was reported on October 20 in the MoD's daily situation update distributed by RIA Novosti.
- Russia reported strikes near Krasnoarmeysk, Grishino, Toretsk, Novonikolaivka, Dimitrov, Volnoye, and Novopavlovka in the Donetsk region.
- The MoD also cited strikes on Novohryhorivka in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast over the past 24 hours.
- Moscow claimed Ukrainian losses of up to 510 personnel along with four armored vehicles, six vehicles, and three artillery pieces.