MOSCOW, February 14. /TASS/. Russian forces inflicted damage on Ukrainian army units in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye area over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Tuesday.

"In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, operational-tactical aircraft and artillery of the battlegroup East delivered strikes by combined firepower, inflicting damage on the Ukrainian army units in areas near the settlements of Ugledar in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Levadnoye and Orekhov in the Zaporozhye Region," the spokesman said.

The enemy’s losses in that area amounted to "40 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, three armored combat vehicles and two Msta-B and D-30 howitzers," the general specified.

Russian forces also obliterated a Ukrainian ammunition depot near the community of Malinovka in the Zaporozhye Region, he said.

Russian combat aircraft and artillery struck Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Kupyansk area, eliminating roughly 70 enemy troops over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Kupyansk direction, assault and army aviation aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup inflicted damage on the enemy’s manpower and military hardware in areas near the settlements of Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic, and also Dvurechnaya, Tabayevka, Peschanoye and Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region," the spokesman said.

The strikes eliminated enemy manpower and equipment, the general said.

"As many as 70 Ukrainian personnel, five pickup trucks, three motor vehicles and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in that direction in the past 24 hours," Konashenkov reported.

Russian artillery, combat aircraft and heavy flamethrowers struck Ukrainian army units in the Krasny Liman area, destroying about 100 enemy troops and a Grad multiple rocket launcher over the past day, he said.

"In the Krasny Liman direction, operational-tactical and army aviation aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the battlegroup Center struck the Ukrainian army units in areas near the settlements of Terny and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic and in the area of the Serebryansky forestry," the spokesman said.

The strikes eliminated as many as 100 Ukrainian personnel, a D-30 howitzer, three armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles and a Grad multiple launch rocket system in that area in the past 24 hours, the general specified.

Russian forces supported by aircraft and artillery eliminated over 60 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Donetsk direction, over 60 Ukrainian personnel, four motor vehicles, four Msta-B howitzers and a Grad multiple rocket launcher were destroyed as a result of the offensive by the southern battlegroup, air strikes and artillery fire," the spokesman said.

Russian forces also destroyed a hangar storing military equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 110th mechanized brigade near the community of Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the general added.

Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Msta-B howitzer in counter-battery fire in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Kherson direction, a Msta-B howitzer was destroyed in counter-battery fire," the spokesman said.

In the areas of the settlements of Antonovka in the Kherson Region and Vesyoloye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, Russian forces obliterated two Ukrainian ammunition depots, the general added.

Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) command post in the Kharkov Region over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the past 24 hours, operational-tactical and army aviation aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 93 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 108 areas. In the area of the community of Monachinovka in the Kharkov Region, the command post of a Ukrainian army EW unit was destroyed," the spokesman said.

Russian combat aircraft shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter and a Mi-8 helicopter in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 plane in the area of the settlement of Cherevkovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and a Mi-8 helicopter near the community of Slavyanka in the DPR," the spokesman said.

Russian air defense forces destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and intercepted four HIMARS rockets over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted four rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Novovodyanoye, Kolomiychikha and Zhitlovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Aleksandrovka and Kirillovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Pologi in the Zaporozhye Region," the spokesman said.

In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 385 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 208 helicopters, 3,121 unmanned aerial vehicles, 404 surface-to-air missile systems, 7,859 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,019 multiple rocket launchers, 4,091 field artillery guns and mortars and 8,377 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.