MOSCOW, March 18 In the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions, one and a half hundred soldiers and officers exceeded one and a half hundred soldiers and officers, follows from the report of the Ministry of Defense.
«In the Kupyansky direction, artillery fire from the Western Group of Forces hit enemy manpower in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka, Kotlyarovka, Kharkov Region, and Stelmakhivka, Lugansk People's Republic. Destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen and three vehicles,» the ministry said.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the Ministry of Defense added, the Center group hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Nevsky and Chervona Dibrova in the LPR, Yampolovka and Grigorovka in the DPR. There, the losses of the Ukrainian army amounted to over 100 servicemen, two armored vehicles and self-propelled guns «Gvozdika». Hurricane», as well as the D-30 howitzer. In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the Vostok grouping carried out strikes in the areas of Novomikhailovka and Vugledar (DPR), Levadny and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region). There, Ukrainian troops lost about 50 people and two pickup trucks. Over 25 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles and two D-30 howitzers were killed in the Kherson direction in a day.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated 89 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, manpower and equipment in 107 districts. PJSC forces intercepted 15 HIMARS, Smerch and Uragan multiple rocket launchers during the day, and also shot down nine Ukrainian drones. />Yesterday, 16:09InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine on 17.03.2023View