MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Russian forces struck a fuel depot of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye group in the course of the special military operation in Ukraine in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

"Near <...> the city of Zaporozhye, a depot for fuel for the military equipment of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye group was hit," the general said.

According to Konashenkov, operational/tactical and army aircraft, as well as missile forces and artillery of the Russian battlegroups struck 85 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 102 areas in the past 24 hours.

In the Kherson direction, as many as 30 Ukrainian personnel, four motor vehicles, and a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed in the past day as a result of damage inflicted by firepower, he added. Also, Konashenkov said, a Ukrainian subversive group was wiped out as it attempted to land on Antonovsky Island on board two motor boats.