MOSCOW. March 21 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has reported Russian troops' intensive actions and strikes on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in six different sectors.
"In the Donetsk sector, in the course of intensive action by the units of the southern group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire, the adversary's daily losses reached 160 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four cars and a D-20 howitzer," Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said on Tuesday.
"In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye sectors, tactical and army 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 and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporozhye region," he said.
Daily losses suffered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in these sectors included more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickups and a D-30 howitzer, he said.
"In the Krasny Liman sector, fire from artillery and heavy fire thrower systems of the central group of forces have defeated Ukrainian Armed Forces units near the populated localities Nevskoye, in the Lugansk People's Republic, Yampolovka and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," Konashenkov said.
The losses of the Ukrainian army in this sector included up to 95 troops, two armored combat vehicles, and D-20 and D-30 howitzers, he said.
"In the Kupyansk sector, intensive actions of forces and artillery fire from the western group of forces have defeated enemy manpower and equipment near Dvurechnaya, Timkovka in the Kharkov region and Novosyolovskoye and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk People's Republic," he said.
The Ukrainian losses in this sector included up to 80 personnel, three armored combat vehicles and a D-20 howitzer, her said.
"In the Kherson sector, fire has killed up to 40 Ukrainian troops and destroyed three cars, two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, and a U.S.-made M777 artillery system in the past 24 hours," Konashenkov said.