MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. Ukraine lost up to 125 troops as units of the battlegroup West improved positions in the Kupyansk area over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily bulletin of the special military operation.

Here are the details of this and other combat actions that happened over the past day, according to the bulletin.

Kupyansk area

"Battlegroup West units improved their forward positions in active operations, inflicted damage by firepower on enemy formations near the settlements of Rozovka, Raigorod, Zhovtnevoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Ukraine’s losses in the Kupyansk area over the past day amounted up to 125 personnel and four motor vehicles.

Donetsk area

"Russia’s Battlegroup South units seized better positions and inflicted casualties on personnel and military hardware of the Ukrainian army’s 28th mechanized brigade, 92nd assault brigade and 241st territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Ukraine lost up to 340 personnel, a tank and eight motor vehicles.

In counter-battery fire, Russian forces destroyed two Msta-B howitzers, a D-20 howitzer, two 122mm Gvozdika motorized artillery systems, three D-30 howitzers and three Ukrainian arms depots.

Avdeyevka area

"Battlegroup Center units improved forward positions in the Avdeyevka area and engaged units of the enemy’s 24th, 47th mechanized brigades, 3rd assault brigade, and 25th airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Orlovka, Berdychi and Tonenkoye settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic. A counterattack of an assault party of the Ukrainian 25th airborne brigade was also thwarted near the Pervomaiskoye settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

The enemy lost up to 305 troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and a US-made Paladin 155mm self-propelled artillery system.

South Donetsk area

Units of the battlegroup East improved their tactical positions and inflicted firepower damage on the servicemen and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces’ 58th motorized infantry brigade and the 72nd mechanized brigade, and the 128th territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Vodyanoye, Storozhevoye and Ugledar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Ukrainian troops sustained up to 105 casualties and lost three cars, a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer and a 122-mm Grad multiple launch rocket system.

Kherson area

"Units of the battlegroup Dnepr inflicted firepower damage on the Ukrainian 28th mechanized brigade and 128th territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Mirnoye and Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.

Ukrainian losses amounted to 35 personnel, three motor vehicles and a Grad multiple launch rocket system.

Air Force and air defenses

"Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of Russian battlegroups destroyed an ammunition depot, a temporary base of foreign mercenaries near the town of Merefa in the Kharkov Region and struck Ukrainian manpower and military hardware in 135 areas," the ministry said.

Air defenses shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft in the area of the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Also destroyed were 196 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and 18 HIMARS projectiles were intercepted.

Tally of destroyed equipment

Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed a total of 582 Ukrainian warplanes, 270 helicopters, 18,734 unmanned aerial vehicles, 495 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,687 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,264 multiple launch rocket systems, 8,654 field artillery guns and mortars and 20,596 special military motor vehicles.