At his usual press conference, the spokesperson reported Kiev’s losses in these battles amounted to 235 soldiers, while in the front sector, south of Donetsk, its losses reached 240 militaries.

Konashenkov announced that Russian soldiers destroyed an ammunition depot of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Army in the Dniepropetrovsk region and hit a command and observation post of a unit of the 46th Airmobile Brigade near Orekhov town in Zaporozhie.

The official said the Russian army further on eliminated up to 15 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems in the Kherson front area.

Russia has been conducting a special military operation since February 24, 2022, which, according to President Vladimir Putin is aimed at fulfilling a request from the self-proclaimed republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, to protect the population of the Donbas regions in southeastern Ukraine.

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