MOSCOW/KYIV - Russian forces have seized control of the Yasenove settlement in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

It said the center group of forces had "liberated" Yasenove, claiming that Ukraine lost about 505 soldiers, one tank, one armored vehicle, four artillery pieces and seven vehicles in the area.

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"Overnight, the Russian armed forces launched a group strike with high-precision long-range land, air and sea-based weapons as well as unmanned aerial vehicles," the defense ministry said.

The attack targeted gas and energy facilities supporting the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, along with sites used for the preparation and storage of strike drones.

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Russian forces are continuing their advance in Yasenove, it added.

Since its special military operation, Russia has destroyed Ukrainian weapons including 653 aircraft, 42,979 drones and 592 anti-aircraft missile systems, the defense ministry said.

Also on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he plans to propose Russia direct territory exchange if US President Donald Trump manages to get Kyiv and Moscow at the negotiating table, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.

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"We will swap one territory to another," Zelensky was quoted as saying.

Ukraine could cede the areas it held in Russia's Kursk region, Zelensky said, without specifying what areas Kyiv would seek in return.

"I don't know, we'll see. But all our territories are important, there is no priority," Zelensky said.