This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

“In the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction, as a result of repelling an enemy attack, Russian troops killed more than 270 Ukrainian servicemen in a day,” he said.

In addition, Russian troops destroyed five tanks, as well as six infantry fighting vehicles.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Armed Forces had destroyed up to 200 people and 23 pieces of equipment with missile strikes at the temporary deployment point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the weapons depot in Kramatorsk.