Over the past day, Russian troops have carried out offensive operations in three directions in the NVO zone, the Ministry of Defense reported.

So, in the Donetsk direction, during the offensive, units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicting fire damage on the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Kurakhovo and Antonovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

“In the area of ​​the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, an ammunition depot of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored fighting vehicles, 14 vehicles, two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, two D-20 and D-30 howitzers, and two MLRS "Alder" and "Smerch" , - said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, during a briefing.

In addition, two US-made M777 artillery systems, two US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mounts, and one US-made AN / TPQ-50 counter-battery radar were destroyed.

According to him, in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok group of troops continued their offensive, destroying two depots of artillery ammunition of the 68th Jaeger and 72nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Prechistovka and Vuhledar (DPR).

Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 servicemen killed and wounded, one tank, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, two cars and two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers.

In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, assault, army aviation and artillery of the Western Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the manpower and equipment of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“In the areas of the settlements Liman Pervyy, Olshana and Krakhmalnoye of the Kharkiv region, the actions of four sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed.

Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in this direction in a day, Konashenkov added.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, accumulations of manpower of the 92nd mechanized, 25th airborne, 80th, 95th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 27th brigade of the National Guard were hit.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 110 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, four armored combat vehicles, a Nona-S self-propelled gun and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.

In the Kherson direction, in the area of ​​​​Kherson and Novoaleksandrovka, two radar stations for counter-battery combat manufactured by the United States AN / TPQ-36 and AN / TPQ-48, as well as an artillery ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were destroyed.

In addition, operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings inflicted defeat on 103 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment of the enemy in 143 districts.

In turn, air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, an anti-radar missile manufactured by the United States HARM and intercepted 16 rockets from HIMARS, Alder and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems.

"Acts of criminal lawlessness" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in connection with the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 28 of a hospital in Novoaydar in the LPR, as well as a strike on a hospital in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region.

“The deliberate shelling of existing civilian medical facilities and the targeted killing of civilians are grave war crimes of the Kyiv regime and its Western masters.

The lack of reaction from the United States and other NATO countries to this yet another monstrous trampling of international humanitarian law by Kyiv once again confirms their direct involvement in the conflict and involvement in the crimes being committed.

The international structures, called upon to give an impartial assessment of such acts, are also silent,” the statement says.

The Foreign Ministry added that all "acts of criminal lawlessness" committed under the auspices of the West by Kyiv armed groups are carefully recorded and will not go unpunished.