The Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past day lost more than 400 fighters and foreign mercenaries in the Donetsk direction, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

"In the Donetsk direction, during the active actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces, air strikes and artillery fire, the enemy's losses per day amounted to more than 400 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, four armored fighting vehicles, ten cars, four pickups, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle and one D-20 howitzer," Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the department, said during a briefing.

He also said that in the Kupyansk direction, army aviation strikes and artillery fire of the Western group of troops destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery installation, an Acacia self-propelled howitzer, as well as a D-30 howitzer.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, as a result of air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Center group, the enemy lost more than 85 servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles and a D-30 howitzer.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Vostok group of troops eliminated up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, destroyed two pickup trucks and a D-20 howitzer.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of a fire defeat, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars and a self-propelled howitzer "Gvozdika" were destroyed.

In addition, operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery hit 93 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and equipment of the enemy in 107 districts. In addition, the ammunition depot of the 103rd territorial defense brigade near the village of Berestovoe (Kharkiv region) was destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force and 13 Ukrainian drones in the LPR and DPR in the Zaporizhzhya region.

NATO gun hunters

RT war correspondent Roman Kosarev published footage of aerial reconnaissance detection of the locations of forces and means of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including barrel artillery. According to him, the loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed the 155-mm howitzer M-777 of American production.

"This is how the hunters for NATO weapons from the separate combat tactical formation "Cascade" work ... Shooting from a week ago. Fighters and scouts of the OBTF "Cascade" have long changed their position and continue to eliminate the Nazis along with their NATO weapons," he said.

  • Destroyed by the Lancet loitering ammunition, the American-made M155 777-mm howitzer

RT exclusive from Marinka

One of the fighters told RT military officer Vlad Andritsa how the Russian military is destroying the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"We already know the two routes they take. It is calculated simply approximately the flight time of the projectile and approximately how many cars will go to the point. We're trying to adjust to catch the car at the right point."


He added that the Ukrainian military is trying to pass this place as soon as possible. At the same time, the fighter invited the enemy to surrender: "I can throw the coordinates where to go. No one will hurt them."

As previously reported by the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, the release of Marinka will take place after taking control of a small section in the western part of the city.

"As for the Maryinsky direction: quite fierce battles continue. In the western part, there is a small section of Marinka itself, so that we can say that Maryinka has been liberated, "Pushilin noted on March 24 on the TV channel "Russia 24".

As Pushilin emphasized, the enemy in this direction continues to "resist and transfer reserves."