MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Russian forces eliminated up to 130 Ukrainian troops and seven equipment units in the Krasny Liman area over the past day, Russia’s Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Sunday.

"In the Krasny Liman area, active operations by units from the battlegroup Center, air strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower fire inflicted damage on the enemy’s forces," he said, adding that "up to 130 Ukrainian troops, three armored fighting vehicles, two cars, one self-propelled artillery platform Akatsiya and one D-20 howitzer were destroyed".