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Military operation in Ukraine

Russian forces kill up to 140 Ukrainian troops along Krasny Liman frontline

Three armored combat vehicles, three cars, and a Grad multiple rocket launcher, as well as a Msta-B, a D-20 and a D-30 howitzers, were destroyed

MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. Russian forces killed up to 140 Ukrainian troops along the Krasny Liman frontline in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Friday.

"The Center group of forces, supported by attack and army aircraft and artillery units, killed up to 140 Ukrainian troops near the Novosadovoye settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Ploshchanka, Makeyevka, Chervonopopovka and Chervonaya Dibrova settlements in the Lugansk People’s Republic," he pointed out.

According to Konashenkov, three armored combat vehicles, three cars, and a Grad multiple rocket launcher, as well as a Msta-B, a D-20 and a D-30 howitzers, were destroyed.

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