MOSCOW. March 20 (Interfax) - Russian troops are taking active military actions in the Donetsk and Krasny Liman sectors and carrying out strikes on Ukrainian positions in other areas, Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said.
"In the Krasny Liman sector, as a result of the intensive action by the units of the Central group of forces, the strikes of aviation and artillery fire, enemy personnel and equipment have been hit near populated localities Yampolovka and Terny in the Donetsk People's Republic. In this sector, over 100 Ukrainian service members have been neutralized, and an infantry fighting vehicle, three pickup trucks, a car, and a Msta-B howitzer have been destroyed in the past 24 hours," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Monday.
In the Donetsk sector, in the course of intensive action by the units of the Southern group of forces and artillery fire near Semyonovka, Petrovskoye, and Tonenkoye, 245 Ukrainian servicemen have been neutralized, and one tank, three armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, a combat vehicle with a Grad MLRS, and a Msta-B howitzer destroyed in the past 24 hours," he said.
Konashenkov also told about strikes on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in several other sectors.
In the Kupyansk sector, he said, aviation strikes and artillery fire from the Western group of forces have defeated Ukrainian forces near Dvurechnaya and Berestovoye in the Kharkov region and Artyomovka in the Luhansk people's Republic, he said.
"Up to 55 Ukrainian military personnel have been neutralized and an armored combat vehicle, two pickup trucks, and a D-20 howitzer destroyed in the past 24 hours," he said.
"In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye sectors, aviation strikes and artillery fire from the Eastern group of forces have defeated Ukrainian forces near Ugledar and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The adversary's total daily loss in this sector included over 50 Ukrainian service members, three tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, three armored combat vehicles, four cars and one D-20 howitzer," he said.
"In the Kherson sector, fire has killed up to 40 Ukrainian troops, two combat armored vehicles, three cars, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, a D-30 howitzer, and a U.S.-made self-propelled artillery gun Paladin," Konashenkov said.