MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces have killed over 140 Ukrainian servicemen and destroyed two US-made M777 howitzers and a Polish Krab howitzer near Donetsk, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, reported on Saturday.

"As a result of a successful offensive by the Southern Group of Forces in the Donetsk direction, more than 140 Ukrainian servicemen were killed, and two US-made M777 howitzers, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer, Giatsint-B and D-30 howitzers, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 radar system were destroyed," he specified.