MOSCOW. Feb 28 (Interfax) - Russian forces have delivered a combined strike on Ukrainian troops near Ugledar, Shevchenko and Zelyony Gai, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
"In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye sectors, tactical aviation and artillery from the eastern group of forces have delivered a combined strike on Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of Ugledar and Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic and Zelyony Gai in the Zaporozhye region," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
According to him, up to 45 Ukrainian troops were killed and two infantry combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed.
"In addition, an ammo depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Chervonoye in the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson sector, an ammo depot has been hit near Tokarevo in the Kherson region," Konashenkov said.
Russian air defense has downed six projectiles of a U.S.-made HIMARS high-mobility artillery rocket system and eight Ukrainian drones in the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and the Zaporozhye region, he said.
"Tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of the contingent of the Russian Armed Forces hit 93 artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on firing positions, alongside troops and hardware in 162 areas over the past day," Konashenkov said.