MOSCOW, February 18. /TASS/. Russia’s battlegroup Center has destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones near Kremennaya, Zolotarevka and Karamzinovka in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), the battlegroup’s spokesman Alexander Savchuk told TASS.

"Air defenses destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones in the areas of the Kremennaya, Zolotarevka and Karamzinovka settlements of the Lugansk People's Republic," he said.

In addition, according to Savchuk, in the Krasny Liman area, the battlegroup’s units occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian 60th, 63rd mechanized brigades and the 125th territorial defense brigade in the areas of Yampolovka, Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Chervona Dibrova in the LPR.

The enemy lost up to 315 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles and a 152 mm Hyacinth-S gun.