Kiev Loses Up to 190 Military in Donetsk Direction in 24 Hours, Russian MoD Says

Moscow started a special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February 2022 after the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk asked for help in protecting their citizens against increased attacks from Ukraine.

Russia has been targeting infrastructure on which the Ukrainian military relies since 10 October, in retaliation for Kiev's terrorist attacks, including an assault on the Crimean Bridge, carried out by Ukrainian intelligence services.

Over the past months, air raid alerts have sounded throughout Ukraine every day, with many parts of the country experiencing power cuts.

The fighters of the Wagner group are approaching the main supply route for the Ukrainian security forces Chasov Yar - Artemivsk, continuing to encircle the enemy grouping.

The RIA Novosti correspondent visited this sector, where the Wagner fighters spoke about the advance and the assault on Berkhovka on the western sector of the front.

On 9 March, Russia's armed forces have delivered a massive missile attack on the military infrastructure of Ukraine in response to the terrorist attack organized by Kiev in the Bryansk region.

After Russia started its special military operation in Ukraine, Western countries plied Kiev with military aid.

Ukraine has lost more than 190 soldiers in the Donetsk direction over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

"In the Donetsk direction... over 190 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, two armored fighting vehicles, fourteen cars, as well as the Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in the past 24 hours," the ministry said.

Kiev also lost about 110 military in the Krasny Liman direction.

Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️Russia’s units and artillery inflicted fire damage on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkov region and in the LPR, resulting in the elimination of over 60 Ukrainian servicemen and two motor vehicles;

▪️Russia’s artillery engaged the troops and military hardware of the enemy in the LPR and DPR. Over the past 24 hours, up to 110 Ukrainian fighters, two pick-up trucks, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit were destroyed;

▪️Aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces have eliminated up to 190 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two armored fighting vehicles, fourteen motor vehicles, and Msta-B howitzers over the past 24 hours in the DPR;

▪️Russia’s Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery carried out a complex shelling of Ukrainian units in the DPR and Zaporozhye region;

▪️The Russian military has neutralized up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, five motor vehicles, two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, and a Msta-B howitzer over the past 24 hours in Kherson region;

▪️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of Russia have hit 76 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions, as well as Ukrainian troops and hardware in 148 areas during the day.

▪️Air defense forces shot down 12 HIMARS MLRS shells and one HARM anti-radiation missile over the past 24 hours;

▪️Some 400 airplanes and 220 helicopters, 3,401 unmanned aerial vehicles, 412 air defense missile systems, 8,280 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,055 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,333 field artillery cannons and mortars, and 8,904 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.