The armed forces of the Russian Federation in the Kupyansk direction of the special operation defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a number of settlements of the LPR.

This was stated in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The enemy lost up to 70 servicemen, one tank, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a D-20 howitzer and a US-made M777 artillery system in this direction.

In turn, units of the "Center" grouping of troops in the Krasnolimansky direction inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy's manpower.

During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 200 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a D-30 howitzer, as well as two American M101 howitzers, the Defense Ministry noted.

In the Donetsk direction, with the support of attack aircraft, strikes by heavy flamethrower systems and artillery fire, the offensive of the units of the southern group of troops continues.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Donetsk direction amounted to more than 170 servicemen.

Five armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and two D-30 howitzers were also destroyed.

“In the area of ​​the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket launchers and an ammunition depot were destroyed,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a briefing.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok group of forces inflicted fire damage on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Vuhledar, Prechistovka and Zolotoy Niva.

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 70 servicemen in these areas in a day, as well as equipment, including the Grad MLRS combat vehicle and the D-20 howitzer.

In addition, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Ugledar.

In the Kherson direction, a self-propelled howitzer "Akatsiya", two self-propelled howitzers "Gvozdika" and a US-made counter-battery radar AN / TPQ-37 were destroyed in the course of counter-battery combat.

An ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Kherson region.

Air defense systems destroyed ten Ukrainian drones in a day.

Also, two HIMARS and Uragan missiles and two Tochka-U tactical missiles were shot down in the Belgorod region.



“Step by step we will solve the tasks we face”

Vladimir Putin, during the announcement of the message to the Federal Assembly on February 21, touched upon the prerequisites for conducting a special operation.

As the president emphasized, Russia took this step "for the sake of protecting people on our historical lands, to ensure the security of our country, to eliminate the threat that came from the neo-Nazi regime that emerged in Ukraine after the 2014 coup."

“And we will step by step, carefully and consistently, solve the tasks facing us,” the Russian leader noted.

Putin stressed that the threat posed by the Kyiv regime was constantly growing and “the incoming information left no doubt that by February 2022 everything was ready for another bloody punitive action in the Donbass.”

“Starting from 2014, Donbass fought, defended the right to live on its own land, speak its native language, fought and did not give up in the conditions of blockade and constant shelling, undisguised hatred from the Kiev regime, believed and waited for Russia to come to the rescue,” — Putin emphasized.

Russian Guard discovered weapons caches in Zaporozhye and Kherson region

In Zaporozhye and the Kherson region, the fighters of the Russian Guard discovered caches of weapons and ammunition, the department said.

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In the forests, the National Guard officers found over 20 different weapons and a large amount of ammunition.

Among the items found are machine guns, carbines, pistols, hunting rifles, grenades of various types, mines, rocket and high-explosive fragmentation shells, Molotov cocktails, as well as more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition.