MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. Russian forces struck the deployment site of a Ukrainian Neo-Nazi formation in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov reported on Wednesday.
"In the area of the settlement of Shchurovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the temporary deployment site of militants from a Neo-Nazi formation was struck," the spokesman said.
In the past 24 hours, operational/tactical aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 97 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 173 areas, the general said.
Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units in the Kupyansk area, eliminating 90 enemy troops and three subversive groups over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kupyansk area, assault and army aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems from the western battlegroup struck the enemy units in areas near the settlements of Dvurechnaya and Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region. In addition, three Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups were eliminated near the communities of Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Timkovka in the Kharkov Region," the spokesman said.
The strikes eliminated enemy manpower and equipment, the general said.
"The enemy’s losses totaled as many as 90 Ukrainian personnel, three pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer," Konashenkov reported.
Russian forces struck Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Krasny Liman area, eliminating over 150 enemy troops in the past day, he said.
"Units and artillery of the battlegroup Center inflicted damage on the Ukrainian army personnel and equipment in areas near the settlements of Stelmakhovka and Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Yampolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic in their active operations in the Krasny Liman area," the spokesman said.
"Over 150 Ukrainian personnel, four armored combat vehicles, a Msta-B howitzer and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in that area in the past 24 hours," the general specified.
Russian forces eliminated roughly 190 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Donetsk area, units and artillery of the southern battlegroup eliminated as many as 190 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 16 motor vehicles and also D-20 and D-30 howitzers in their active operations in the past 24 hours," the spokesman said.
Russian forces obliterated an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 110th mechanized brigade in the area of the settlement of Ocheretino and struck a fuel storage facility of the Ukrainian army’s 36th marine infantry brigade near the community of Novosyolovka Pervaya in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the general added.
Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units near Ugledar in the Donetsk People’s Republic and several communities in the Zaporozhye Region over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas, artillery of the battlegroup East inflicted damage by firepower on the Ukrainian army units in areas near the settlements of Ugledar and Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Chervonoye, Novodanilovka and Shcherbaki in the Zaporozhye Region," the spokesman said.
The Ukrainian military lost "as many as 80 personnel, one tank, four armored combat vehicles and a D-30 howitzer" in those areas in the past 24 hours, the general specified.
Russian forces eliminated over 80 Ukrainian troops in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kherson area, as many as 85 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, 12 motor vehicles and two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of artillery fire," the spokesman said.
In addition, Russian forces wiped out an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 123rd territorial defense brigade near the settlement of Aleksandrovka in the Kherson Region, the general added.
Russian forces thwarted the Kiev regime’s massive drone attack on Crimean facilities, Konashenkov reported.
"The Kiev regime’s attempt to carry out a massive drone attack against facilities of the Crimean Peninsula was thwarted. Six Ukrainian strike drones were downed by air defense systems. Another four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were disabled by electronic warfare systems. There are no casualties or damage on the ground," the spokesman said.
Russian combat aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 frontline bomber in an aerial battle over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 plane in an aerial battle near the settlement of Druzhkovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
Russian air defense forces shot down 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities shot down 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Novaya Zburyevka and Golaya Pristan in the Kherson Region, Semyonovka in the Zaporozhye Region, Kremennaya, Rubezhnoye and Krasnorechenskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Novoandreyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Liman Vtoroy in the Kharkov Region," the spokesman said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 391 Ukrainian warplanes, 211 helicopters, 3,281 unmanned aerial vehicles, 406 surface-to-air missile systems, 8,086 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,045 multiple rocket launchers, 4,240 field artillery guns and mortars and 8,621 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.