The Russian Defense Ministry announced a retaliatory strike against Ukrainian targets in response to terrorist attacks in the Bryansk region.

“In response to the terrorist actions organized by the Kiev regime in the Bryansk region on March 2, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a massive retaliatory strike,” said the official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

He noted that high-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic system, hit key elements of the military infrastructure of Ukraine, enterprises of the military-industrial complex, as well as energy facilities that provide them.

As Konashenkov noted, the goal of the strike was achieved, all designated targets were hit.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, as a result of the strike, the bases of attack drones were destroyed, the transfer of reserves and rail transportation of foreign weapons were disrupted, and production facilities for the repair of military equipment and the production of ammunition were disabled.

The situation in the areas of the special operation

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery from the Western Group of Forces hit enemy units in the Kharkov region and in the Luhansk People's Republic.

During the day, the enemy lost up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored fighting vehicles and two vehicles.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the "Center" group of troops and artillery hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of a number of settlements in the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics.

The enemy lost up to 115 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.

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In the Donetsk direction, the troops of the Southern Group of Forces and artillery destroyed more than 135 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, four cars, two D-20 howitzers, a Msta-B howitzer, and a D-1 howitzer in a day.

In turn, in the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, the artillery of the Vostok group of forces hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Ugledar and Prechistovka (DPR).

The total losses of the enemy in these areas per day amounted to 65 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a D-20 howitzer.

Four armored combat vehicles, five vehicles and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Kherson direction.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 78 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and equipment in 102 districts per day.

An ammunition depot of the 110th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar were destroyed on the territory of the DPR.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in an air battle shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Volnyansk (Zaporozhye region).

In addition, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in the DPR.

Air defense systems intercepted six HIMARS multiple rocket launchers during the day, and also destroyed five Ukrainian drones.

RT exclusive from the front line in Marinka

RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa spoke with the platoon commander of a motorized rifle company with the call sign Kuznya.

He spoke about the work to identify groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at night, which bring ammunition and food to the front line.

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“The Armed Forces of Ukraine wake up at night, pull up reserves.

And our task is to identify and prevent the delivery of ammunition and equipment, ”Kuznya said.

The fighter also spoke about the advancement of the RF Armed Forces in the area of ​​​​the settlement.

“The last high-rise buildings remain, then we step onto the dominant height, and then the private sector,” he concluded.