“On the Donetsk front, some 200 casualties were estimated among the enemy ranks, and two combat vehicles, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit were destroyed,” the statement underlined.

Meanwhile, fighting continued at the strategic defense points of Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kupiansk. “Kiev lost up to 180 soldiers in Krasny Liman, a tank, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and two cars were neutralized,” the report pointed out.

In addition, Russian air defense systems intercepted five Himars projectiles and 40 Ukrainian drones.

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a military operation in the Donbass to demilitarize and denazify the Ukrainian Government.

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