MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 110th mechanized brigade and a US-made radar station in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Thursday.

"In the area of the settlement of Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 110th mechanized brigade was obliterated. In the area of the community of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar was destroyed," the spokesman said.

In the past 24 hours, operational/tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 78 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 102 areas, the general specified.

Russia’s massive retaliatory strike on Ukrainian military sites

Russian forces delivered a massive retaliatory strike on key Ukrainian military sites with precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, in response to Kiev’s terror attacks in the Bryansk Region, Konashenkov reported.

"In response to the terror attacks carried out by the Kiev regime in the Bryansk Region on March 2, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive retaliatory strike. Long-range air-, sea-and ground-based high-precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, hit key Ukrainian military infrastructure sites, enterprises of the military-industrial complex and related energy facilities," the spokesman said.

The goal of the strike was achieved and all the designated targets were struck, the general stressed.

Russia’s massive retaliatory strike disrupted the deployment of reserves and the railway carriages of foreign-made weapons for the Ukrainian military, Konashenkov reported.

"The strike destroyed the bases of strike unmanned aerial vehicles, disrupted the deployment of reserves and the railway carriages of foreign-made armaments and knocked out the capacities for the repair of military hardware and the production of ammunition," the spokesman said.

Kupyansk direction

Russian forces destroyed about 50 Ukrainian troops and nine items of military hardware in the Kupyansk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Kupyansk direction, assault aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup struck the enemy’s units near the communities of Gryanikovka, Pershetravnevoye and Olshana in the Kharkov Region and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.

The enemy’s losses in that area amounted to "50 Ukrainian personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored combat vehicles and two motor vehicles," the general specified.

Krasny Liman direction

Russian forces eliminated about 115 Ukrainian troops and six items of equipment in the Krasny Liman area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Krasny Liman direction, units of the battlegroup Center and artillery inflicted damage on Ukrainian manpower and equipment by their active operations," the spokesman said.

The enemy’s losses in that area in the past 24 hours totaled "as many as 115 Ukrainian troops, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer," the general specified.

Donetsk direction

Russian forces destroyed over 135 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Donetsk direction, over 135 Ukrainian troops, three armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, four motor vehicles, two D-20 howitzers, a Msta-B howitzer, and also a D-1 howitzer were destroyed in areas near the settlements of Krasnoye, Semyonovka and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past 24 hours as a result of active operations by units of the southern battlegroup and artillery fire," the spokesman said.

Southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions

Russian forces eliminated roughly 65 Ukrainian troops in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, artillery of the battlegroup East struck the Ukrainian army units near the communities of Ugledar and Prechistovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the spokesman said.

"The enemy’s total losses in those directions in the past 24 hours amounted to 65 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a D-20 howitzer," the general said.

Kherson direction

Russian forces destroyed four Ukrainian armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles and two D-30 howitzers in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Kherson direction, four armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed as a result of damage inflicted by combined firepower," the spokesman said.

Russian combat aircraft down Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter

Russian combat aircraft shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter in an aerial battle in the Zaporozhye Region over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 plane in an air combat near the community of Volnyansk in the Zaporozhye Region," the spokesman said.

Also, a Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter was shot down near the settlement of Novogrodovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the general added.

Russian air defenses down six US-made HIMARS rockets

Russian air defense forces shot down six rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted six rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and also destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Nikolskoye and Blagodatnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region and Chervony Mayak in the Kherson Region," the spokesman said.

In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 399 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 218 helicopters, 3,366 unmanned aerial vehicles, 410 surface-to-air missile systems, 8,241 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,055 multiple launch rocket systems, 4,308 field artillery guns and mortars, and also 8,816 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.