MOSCOW. March 1 (Interfax) - Russian forces are active in the Donetsk and Krasny Liman sectors and have struck Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk, southern Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson areas, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
"In the Krasny Liman sector, active operations of troops and artillery from the central group of forces hit troops and hardware of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Stelmakhovka and Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk People's Republic and Yampolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Wednesday,
In that area, the Ukrainian army lost over 150 troops, four armored combat vehicles and Msta-B and D-30 howitzers over the past day, he said.
"In the Donetsk sector, active operations of troops and artillery from the southern group of forces killed up to 190 Ukrainian troops and destroyed two armored combat vehicles, 16 trucks, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers over the past day," Konashenkov said.
In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye sectors, artillery from the eastern group of forces hit Ukrainian units near Ugledar and Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Chervonoye, Novodanilovka and Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye region.
There, the Ukrainian army lost up to 80 troops, one tank, four armored combat vehicles and a D-30 howitzer.
"In the Kupyansk sector, attack planes, army aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrowers from the western group of forces hit hostile units in the vicinity of Dvurechnaya and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region," Konashenkov said.
Three reconnaissance-and-sabotage groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were eliminated in the Lugansk People's Republic and the Kharkov region, he said.
"In that area, the enemy lost up to 90 Ukrainian troops, as well as three pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer over the past day," Konashenkov said.
"An ammo depot of the 110th mechanized brigade was destroyed near Ocheretino, and a fuel depot of the 36th marine brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit near Novosyolovka Pervaya in the Donetsk People's Republic," he said.
In the Kherson area, artillery strikes killed up to 85 Ukrainian troops and destroyed one tank, three armored combat vehicles, 12 trucks and two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers over the day, Konashenkov said.
According to him, an ammo depot of the 123rd territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed in the Kherson region.