MOSCOW, April 30. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces sustained roughly 100 casualties as Russia’s Battlegroup East took up more advantageous positions near Staromayorskoye and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Also, the Ukrainians lost two pickup trucks and two US-made 155mm M777 howitzers there, the ministry said.
Units from Russia’s Battlegroup South improved their forward-edge positions and struck manpower and military equipment of six enemy brigades in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past 24-hour period.
According to it, the enemy lost roughly 440 troops, two tanks, an armored combat vehicle, two cars, a US-supplied 155mm M198 howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and an electronic reconnaissance station.
Units from Russia’s Battlegroup Center improved tactical positions and hit Ukrainian brigades near Novobakhmutovka and Ocheretino in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) as they also repelled nine counterattacks by enemy assault brigades in the past day, the Ministry reported.
The Ukrainians lost roughly 145 troops, three Bradley IFVs, two cars, a US-supplied 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount and a US-made 105mm M101 light howitzer.
Russian air defenses downed 10 Ukrainian drones, six ATACMS tactical missiles and two Hammer guided bombs in the past day.
"Over the past 24 hours, [Russian] air defenses downed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, six US-supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles and two French-made Hammer guided bombs," the statement reads.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 593 Ukrainian warplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,619 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,888 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,275 multiple rocket launchers, 9,216 field artillery guns and mortars and 21,396 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation.