Besides, the military spokesman said that the Russian troops eliminated more than 130 Ukrainian servicemen in the south of the DPR and in Zaporozhie region. They also destroyed two tanks, one infantry vehicle, two armored vehicles, two pickup trucks, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as D-30 and D-20 howitzers.

Konashenkov specified that in the Krasny Liman area, as a result of artillery fire and successful offensive actions of the units of the Central grouping of troops, units of several Ukrainian brigades in the Luhansk People’s Republic were hit.

The losses of the enemy during the day in this area amounted to more than 120 military personnel, one infantry fighting vehicle and three armored vehicles, as well as 11 shells of multiple Uragan and Himars rocket launchers were shot down, the senior military officer emphasized.

Meanwhile, in the Kupiansk direction, groups of troops of the 14th and 92nd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Army were hit, causing 35 casualties, and six enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups were also eliminated, the spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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