MOSCOW, April 10. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces intercepted two rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Monday.
"During the last 24-hour period, air defense capabilities intercepted two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. In addition, they destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Naugolnoye and Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Tokarevka in the Kharkov Region, Vesyoloye, Peski, Blagoveshchenka and Opytnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian ammo depot in Kupyansk area
Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units in the Kupyansk area, eliminating over 30 enemy troops and an ammunition depot in the Kharkov Region over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kupyansk direction, operational/tactical and army aviation aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup struck the enemy units in areas near the settlements of Rozovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Sinkovka, Timkovka, Krakhmalnoye and Pershotravnevoye in the Kharkov Region. In the area of the settlement of Staritsa in the Kharkov Region, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 67th mechanized brigade was destroyed," the spokesman said.
The strikes eliminated enemy manpower and equipment, the general said.
"The enemy’s losses [in the Kupyansk direction] amounted to over 30 personnel, two armored combat vehicles, three motor vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and also a D-20 howitzer," Konashenkov reported.
Russian forces destroy over 120 Ukrainian troops in Krasny Liman area
Russian forces destroyed over 120 Ukrainian troops and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery gun in the Krasny Liman area 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 enemy units near the settlements of Terny, Torskoye and Serebryanka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
The strikes eliminated over 120 Ukrainian personnel, five armored combat vehicles, three motor vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system and a D-20 howitzer, the general specified.
Russian forces destroy Ukrainian ammo depot in LPR
Russian forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
In the Krasny Liman direction, aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the battlegroup Center struck the enemy troops in some areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the spokesman said.
"In the area of the settlement of Novolyubovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 66th mechanized brigade was destroyed," the general specified.
Russian forces eliminate over 290 Ukrainian troops in Donetsk advance
Russian forces eliminated over 290 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Donetsk direction, over 290 Ukrainian personnel, five armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and also Msta-B and D-20 howitzers were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of active operations by units of the southern battlegroup, strikes by its operational/tactical aircraft and artillery fire," the spokesman said.
In the area of the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian forces obliterated an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 54th mechanized brigade, the general said.
Russian forces destroy 50 Ukrainian troops in southern Donetsk, Zaporozhye areas
Russian forces destroyed roughly 50 Ukrainian troops in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, operational/tactical aircraft and artillery of the Russian battlegroup East struck the Ukrainian army units near the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka, Chervonaya Krinitsa, Omelnik and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporozhye Region, the spokesman specified.
"The enemy’s losses in those areas in the past 24 hours amounted to 50 Ukrainian personnel, an armored combat vehicle, two pickup trucks, and also a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system," the general said.
Russian forces destroy 40 Ukrainian troops in Kherson area
Russian forces destroyed roughly 40 Ukrainian troops and a US-made M777 artillery system in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kherson direction, as many as 40 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, a D-30 howitzer, and also a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery gun were destroyed as a result of damage inflicted by firepower," the spokesman said.
Russian forces strike Ukrainian army’s command posts in DPR, Kherson area
Russian forces struck the command posts of two Ukrainian army brigades in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Novoberislav in the Kherson Region, the command posts of the 125th and 126th territorial defense brigades were struck," the spokesman said.
Russian forces hammer 102 Ukrainian artillery units in past day
Russian combat aircraft, missile troops and artillery struck 102 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"During the last 24-hour period, operational/tactical and army aviation aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 102 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 134 areas," the spokesman said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 406 Ukrainian warplanes, 228 helicopters, 3,727 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 surface-to-air missile systems, 8,608 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,078 multiple rocket launchers, 4,554 field artillery guns and mortars and 9,414 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.