MOSCOW. May 30 (Interfax) - Russian forces have destroyed eight projectiles fired from HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket systems and one HARM anti-radiation missile in the zone of the special military operation over the past 24 hours, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
"Air defense has downed seven projectiles [fired by] HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket systems and one HARM anti-radiation missile over the past day," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
"In addition, eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed near Inzhenernoye in the Zaporozhye region, Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Kolomyichikha in the Lugansk People's Republic, and Veliky Vyselok and Petrovskoye in the Kharkov region," he said.
"In the Kupyansk sector, artillery from the western group of forces hit hostile units near Timkovka in the Kharkov region and Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR). The operations of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were neutralized near Sinkovka in the Kharkov region," Konashenkov said.
"Up to 40 Ukrainian troops have been killed, and three trucks and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system have been destroyed over the day," he said.
"In addition, a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-mortar radar has been destroyed near Moskovka in the Kharkov region," Konashenkov said.
In the Krasny Liman sector, army aviation and artillery from the central group of forces hit hostile units in the vicinity of Chervonaya Dibrova and Kuzmino in the Lugansk People's Republic and Yampolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. More than 85 Ukrainian troops were killed, and two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a D-20 howitzer and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were destroyed, he said.
In the Donetsk sector, tactical aircraft, army aviation, military detachments and artillery from the southern group of forces killed up to 145 Ukrainian troops and destroyed two armored combat vehicles, three trucks and a D-30 howitzer, Konashenkov said.
An ammo depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 54th Mechanized Brigade was destroyed near Krasnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, he said.
In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye sectors, aircraft and artillery from the eastern group of forces hit Ukrainian army units near Velikaya Novosyolka and Vremevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Konashenkov said.
A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was eliminated near Vladimirovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, he said.
More than 140 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and four trucks were destroyed in these areas over the past day, Konashenkov said.
"In the Kherson region, gunfire killed up to 30 Ukrainian troops and destroyed five trucks, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and D-30 and Msta-B howitzers," he said.
"Tactical aircraft, army aviation and artillery from Russia's groups of forces hit 88 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions, and troops and military hardware in 96 areas over the past day," Konashenkov said.
In total, 429 planes, 235 helicopters, 4,379 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 air defense missile systems, 9,328 tanks and other types of armored vehicles, 1,100 multiple rocket launchers, 4,941 artillery systems and mortars, and 10,544 special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation, he said.