The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in the South Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, the operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of Russian troops inflicted a complex defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
It was stated that Russian troops attacked the settlements of Ugledar of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Gulyaipole, Preobrazhenka and Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye region.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers, a tank, three pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in one day in these areas.
March 8 Russian Ministry of Defense reportedThat Russian troops destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian soldiers in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in one day. According to the agency, a tank, two combat armored vehicles and an Msta-B howitzer were destroyed along with manpower.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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