MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the settlement of Sribnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Battlegroup Center, the settlement of Sribnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated," the ministry said.
In the course of the special military operation in Ukraine, Russian troops hit military airfield infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicle operator training centers, their production workshops and storage sites, as well as concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 138 districts over the past 24 hours, the ministry added.
"Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian armed forces hit military airfield infrastructure facilities, unmanned aerial vehicle operator training centers, their production workshops and storage sites, as well as concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 138 districts," the report says.
Battlegroup North
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 60 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup North (Belgorod direction) over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"Units of the Battlegroup North have inflicted losses on formations of the Ukrainian armed forces' unmanned systems brigade and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Maryino, Novodmitrovka and Ugroedy in the Sumy Region. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 60 servicemen, a tank, two combat armored vehicles, four cars, three artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station," the ministry said.
Battlegroup Center
Ukrainian armed forces' losses in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup Center in one day amounted to more than 500 servicemen and 4 combat armored vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"The formations of three mechanized, a Jaeger, four assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian armed forces, the East center of special operations forces and two brigades of the National Guard were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Zverevo, Troitskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlino, Novopavlovka, Udachnoye and Novosergeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost over 500 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, seven cars and two artillery pieces, including a 155-mm self-propelled artillery unit Caesar made in France," the ministry said.
Battlegroup West
Over the past 24 hours, the Battlegroup West forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of six brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces, the enemy lost up to 230 servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"The enemy's losses amounted to 230 servicemen, a tank, an M577 armored personnel carrier and a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, 7 vehicles and 6 field artillery guns," the ministry said.
Also, an electronic warfare station, an AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar station and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Battlegroup East
The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 160 servicemen in the responsibility zone of the Battlegroup East, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“The units of the Battlegroup East continued to advance deep into the enemy’s defense, inflicted losses on the formations of the airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces, the marine brigade and three defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Komar, Otradnoye, Razliv Novopol, Shevchenko of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Gulyay Pole and Chervone of the Zaporozhye region,” the ministry said.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 160 servicemen, nine vehicles and three field artillery pieces, including a Polish-made a 155-mm Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Battlegroup Dnepr
Ukrainian armed forces units lost up to 70 servicemen and two electronic warfare stations in 24 hours as a result of actions by the Battlegroup Dnepr forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"Units of the Battlegroup Dnepr improved the situation along the forward edge, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and a defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka, Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye region, Tokarevka, Ponyatovka, Sadovoye and Antonovka in the Kherson region. Up to 70 servicemen, 3 vehicles, 2 foreign-made artillery pieces, 2 ammunition depots and 2 electronic warfare stations were destroyed," the ministry said.
Battlegroup South
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 360 servicemen and a tank in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup South, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"Units of the Battlegroup South took more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted losses on formations of six mechanized, motorized infantry, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces, a special forces brigade and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Tarasovka, Markovo, Novaya Poltavka, Aleksandropol, Shcherbinovka, Druzhba, Vasyukovka, Minkovka, Grigorovka and Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said.
According to the Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 360 servicemen, a tank, two combat armored vehicles, nine cars and a UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer and an electronic warfare station. Also an electronic intelligence station and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Russian air defense systems shot down 224 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours3
Russian air defense systems shot down 10 JDAM guided aerial bombs, three HIMARS multiple launch rockets and 224 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 10 JDAM guided aerial bombs and three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 224 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles,” the report says.