The Russian Ministry of Defense said that more than 250 soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were liquidated in one day in the direction of Donetsk. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced this in its daily report.
“As a result of the active operations of the troops and the artillery fire of the Southern Forces Group, more than 250 Ukrainian soldiers, six tanks, five armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles and a D-20 howitzer were destroyed in one day,” the report said. aforementioned.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 53rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Lastochkino.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation added that in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok contingent group struck units of the Ukrainian army in the settlements of Ugledar and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. In total, about 50 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a pickup truck, three cars, as well as howitzers D-20 and D-30 were destroyed there.
In addition, in the direction of Kherson, the Russian Armed Forces liquidated up to 15 Ukrainian soldiers and five vehicles per day.
On March 23, the head of the press center of the Yug group, Ivan Bigma, said that the Russian artillery destroyed An ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Maryinka, in the direction of Donetsk.
Formerly Marine Corps of the Russian Pacific Fleet reflected Two counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction.