MOSCOW, March 22. /TASS/. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 315 servicemen and a camp in one day as a result of the actions of Russia’s South battlegroup, the Russian Defense Ministry report.
"The units of Russia’s South battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions. They defeated the formations of a heavy mechanized brigade, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and two brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Alexandropol, Novaya Poltavka, Seversk, Katerinovka, and Ivanopolye of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 315 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, six cars, four artillery pieces, and one ammunition depot," the Defense Ministry said.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 85 servicemen in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Dnepr battlegroup over the past 24 hours.
"The units of Russia’s Dnepr battlegroup have improved their tactical situation. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mountain assault brigade and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Pridneprovskoye, Antonovka in the Kherson region and Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye region. Up to 85 servicemen, 12 vehicles, two field artillery guns, and an ammunition depot were destroyed," the ministry said.