Up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen and 20 pieces of equipment were destroyed by Russian troops in a day in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces, air strikes and artillery fire, up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, as well as the Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in a day,” he said during the briefing the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

Also in the area of

The village of Pervomaiskoye (DPR) was hit by the Ukrainian Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system.

In the Kupyansk direction, active operations of units, artillery fire from the Western Group of Forces hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka, Krakhmalnoe (Kharkiv region), Stelmahovka and Rozovka (LNR).

Over 60 Ukrainian servicemen and two cars were destroyed.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, up to 110 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were liquidated by artillery fire.

Up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.

In the Kherson direction, over 20 Ukrainian servicemen, five vehicles, two Akatsia self-propelled howitzers, and an Msta-B howitzer were destroyed as a result of fire damage.

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Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated 76 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 148 districts.

In turn, air defense systems shot down 12 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and one HARM anti-radar missile, and also destroyed 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in a day.

"Dedicated to work to the bitter end"

On Monday, March 13, Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, during which, in particular, he touched upon the topic of a special military operation.

Kadyrov stressed that Chechen fighters are successfully serving in the NVO zone.

“We carry out all your orders and aim to act to the bitter end.

The inhabitants of the region fully support the holding of the NWO and consider it necessary to achieve its goals and objectives,” Kadyrov said.

In response to this, the head of state expressed gratitude to the residents of the republic: “I see how your guys are fighting in the NVO zone, and give them the best words, thank you very much.”

Earlier, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a case on the fact of an attempt to poison the commander of the Akhmat special detachment, Apti Alaudinov.

In mid-February, it became known that Alaudinov had received a letter soaked in a poisonous substance.

Together with him, his nephew and adjutant got to the hospital - they also touched the poisoned package.

On March 7, it became known that Alaudinov, who had recovered, returned to the zone of the special operation.

Artyomovsk

On March 13, the commander of the Akhmat special squad, Apti Alaudinov, spoke on Channel One about an attempt by the Kyiv regime to unblock Artyomovsk.

“In general, the situation on the front line has been developing very well in recent days.

Although we see the concentration of enemy forces that are trying to somehow unblock Artyomovsk, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

At the same time, Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated that the situation on the line of contact in the Artyomovsk region remains difficult.

In addition, the commander of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Denis Yaroslavsky, believes that Ukrainian troops can get into the boiler in the city, as was the case in Debaltseve in 2015.

On March 11, it was reported that Russian forces were 1.2 km from the center of Artyomovsk.