As specified by the military spokesman this Wednesday in his usual press conference, units of the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center troop group continued offensive operations near the town of Sergeyevka, in the People’s Republic of Lugansk.

Meanwhile, airstrikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems repelled four attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Konashenkov noted.

Ukraine’s losses in the last 24 hours totaled more than 190 servicemen, five armored fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, two howitzers: D-20 and D-30, three Gvozdika self-propelled artillery units, as well as a counter-radar station, US-made AN/TPQ-50 battery, he said.

In addition, he noted that the Russian Army suppressed the activities of a Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage group and destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian 66th Mechanized Brigade in Lugansk.

Konashenkov also said the Russian Western group of troops carried out a successful offensive in the Kuzémovka area and occupied more favorable positions against the defense of the Ukrainian troops.

According to the military spokesman, 135 soldiers of the adversary were eliminated in one day, in addition the enemy lost a tank, three armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, a US-made M777 battery, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar.

Konashenkov reported that the Ukrainian Army resumed intensive offensive operations in the Orekhov area and carried out a massive tank attack, but Russian troops held their positions and destroyed 22 tanks during the battle.

Thanks to the valuable and professional action of the units of the 810th Marine Brigade and the 71st Motor Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motor Rifle Division, all the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled, and the positions were held. he added.

In addition, Russian forces repelled an attack by the Ukrainian Army in the Rabotino area, in the Zaporozhie region, said this representative of the military entity.

Since February 24, 2022, Russia has been carrying out a special military operation in eastern Ukraine which, according to President Vladimir Putin, seeks to demilitarize and denazify the neighboring country and prevent attacks by the Kiev government against the civilian population of the republics of Lugansk and Donetsk.

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