MOSCOW, March 5. /TASS/. Russian troops hit the command post of the nationalist regiment Azov (banned in the Russian Federation) in the Zaporozhye region around Maryevka, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov announced on Sunday.

"The command post of the nationalist Azov regiment was hit near the village of Maryevka, Zaporozhye region," Konashenkov said.

He added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 30 military personnel in the Kherson region over the day as a result of fire damage inflicted by Russian troops. "Over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 10 vehicles, the Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as the Msta-B and D-30 howitzers were destroyed in a day as a result of fire damage in the direction of Kherson," he said.

The Russian forces also hit 83 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions over the past day.

Meanwhile, units of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed over 210 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk region over the past day, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Konashenkov added. "More than 210 Ukrainian servicemen were killed over the day in the Donetsk direction as a result of active actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces, air strikes, and artillery fire," he said.