MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. Russia’s Battlegroup Center killed up to 100 Ukrainian troops on the Krasny Liman frontline in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing on Saturday.

"The Battlegroup Center used tactical aircraft, heavy flamethrowers and artillery mounts to hit Ukrainian troops near the Terny settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Chervonaya Dibrova settlement in the Lugansk People’s Republic," he said.

According to Konashenkov, "up to 100 Ukrainian troops were killed in the area in the past day, while two armored combat vehicles, three motor vehicles and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed.".