MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a US-made Abrams tank of the Ukrainian army in the Avdeyevka area, eliminating roughly 485 enemy troops over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"The enemy lost as many as 485 personnel, two tanks, including a US-made Abrams tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, including a Bradley, six armored combat vehicles, 13 motor vehicles and two D-30 howitzers," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian forces liberate Severnoye community near Avdeyevka
Russian forces liberated the community of Severnoye near Avdeyevka over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Avdeyevka direction, units of the Battlegroup Center liberated the settlement of Severnoye," the ministry said.
In addition, Russian forces gained more advantageous sites and positions and repulsed nine Ukrainian army counterattacks near the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Pervomaiskoye and Petrovskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, it specified.
Russian forces repulse two Ukrainian counterattacks in Kupyansk area over past day
Russian forces took advantageous sites and repulsed two Ukrainian army counterattacks in the Kupyansk area, destroying roughly 30 enemy troops and four pieces of equipment over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Kupyansk direction, units of the Western Battlegroup took more advantageous sites and inflicted damage by firepower on enemy personnel and equipment near the settlements of Sinkovka and Ivanovka in the Kharkov Region. In addition, they repulsed two counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 95th air assault brigade near the settlement of Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in the Kupyansk direction over the past day amounted to 30 personnel, two motor vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery gun and a Gvozdika motorized artillery system, it specified.
Russian forces destroy over 420 Ukrainian troops in Donetsk area over past day
Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units in the Donetsk area, destroying over 420 enemy troops and several weapons systems over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Battlegroup improved their forward edge positions and inflicted damage on amassed manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 3rd assault, 28th and 72nd mechanized brigades near the settlements of Bogdanovka, Kurdyumovka and Antonovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army lost over 420 personnel, two armored personnel carriers, four motor vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, a UK-manufactured FH70 howitzer, a Gvozdika motorized artillery system and a UK-made L119 howitzer in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, it specified.
Russian forces repel seven Ukrainian counterattacks in Donetsk area over past day
Russian forces repulsed seven Ukrainian army counterattacks in the Donetsk area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"They also repulsed seven counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 46th airmobile and 79th air assault brigades near the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Georgiyevka and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
Russian forces repel three Ukrainian attacks in south Donetsk area over past day
Russian forces repelled three Ukrainian army attacks in the south Donetsk area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the south Donetsk direction, units of the Battlegroup East operating jointly with aircraft inflicted damage by firepower on amassed manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 127th and 128th territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Levadnoye in the Zaporozhye Region, Urozhainoye and Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and repulsed three attacks by assault groups of the 102nd territorial defense brigade near the settlement of Marfopol in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.
The enemy’s losses in the south Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours amounted to 130 Ukrainian army personnel, two motor vehicles, a UK-made FH70 towed howitzer and a Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station, it specified.
Russian forces repel three Ukrainian counterattacks in Kherson area over past day
Russian forces repulsed three Ukrainian army counterattacks in the Kherson area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Kherson direction, Russian troops gained more advantageous sites in their active operations and repulsed three counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 118th mechanized brigade near the settlement of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.
In addition, Russian forces inflicted damage by firepower on amassed manpower and military hardware of the Ukrainian army’s 65th mechanized and 128th mountain assault brigades, the 23rd National Guard brigade and the 121st territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Nesteryanka in the Zaporozhye Region and Ilyinka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region. The Ukrainian army’s losses amounted to 40 personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and two motor vehicles, the ministry specified.
Russian forces also destroyed a Ukrainian Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station, it said.
Russian air defenses down Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft in Nikolayev Region
Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft in the Nikolayev Region over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Air defense capabilities shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 plane near the settlement of Mikhailovka in the Nikolayev Region," the ministry said.
Russian air defenses destroy 69 Ukrainian military drones over past day
Russian air defense forces shot down 69 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Air defense capabilities destroyed 69 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near the settlements of Olshana in the Kharkov Region, Chernopopovka and Zhitlovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Yegorovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Chubarevka, Chistopolye and Sladkaya Balka in the Zaporozhye Region, Vasilyevka and Korsunka in the Kherson Region, and also a rocket of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system," the ministry said.
Russian forces strike Ukrainian army’s command post over past day
Russian forces destroyed a fuel depot, an air defense radar and a command post of the Ukrainian army over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groupings of forces struck a depot storing fuel for Ukrainian military equipment, a P-18 aerial target detection and tracking radar station, a command post of the 128th territorial defense brigade and also enemy manpower and military hardware in 112 areas," the ministry said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 575 Ukrainian warplanes, 267 helicopters, 13,523 unmanned aerial vehicles, 474 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,252 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,226 multiple rocket launchers, 8,176 field artillery guns and mortars and 19,138 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.