The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that in the period from February 24 to March 1, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 23 group strikes with high-precision weapons, multiple launch rocket systems and drones against objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.

According to the department, targets involved in the production of reconnaissance and strike UAVs, as well as arsenals and bases of fuel and lubricants for military equipment, were hit.

Along with this, the deployment points of units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries were hit.

As the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, emphasized, all designated targets were successfully hit.

Situation on the contact line

In the Kupyansk direction, during the week, units of the “West” group through active actions improved the situation along the front line and hit enemy fighters and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Peschanoye and Prikolotnoe (Kharkov region).

Along with this, 30 counterattacks of assault groups of the 32nd mechanized, 77th airmobile, 95th airborne assault, 57th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the village.

Sinkovka village (Kharkov region) and Terny (DPR).

The enemy lost over 755 troops, three tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, and 23 field artillery pieces.

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In the Donetsk direction, units of the “South” group occupied more advantageous positions and hit formations of the 5th, 92nd assault, 28, 72, 93rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 107th and 241st defense brigades in the areas of the village.

villages of Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka, Dyleevka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Krasnoe (DPR).

In addition, 18 counterattacks of Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups were repelled in the areas of the village.

Berestovoe, Krasnogorovka, Georgievka and Novomikhailovka villages (DPR).

During this period, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 2,835 military personnel, seven tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles, 49 vehicles and 24 field artillery pieces.

In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the “Center” group of troops liberated the village.

settlements Lastochkino, Severnoye, Petrovskoye (DPR) and continued advancing in a westerly direction.

In cooperation with aviation and artillery, concentrations of militants and equipment of the 23rd, 24th, 53rd, 61st, 110th mechanized, 59th motorized infantry and 3rd assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 103rd and 107th military defense brigades in the areas of .

Netailovo, Ocheretino, Mayorsk and Rozovka villages (DPR).

Also repelled 48 counterattacks of assault groups in the areas of N.

settlements of Novgorodskoye, Leninskoye, Tonenkoye, Orlovka and Pervomaiskoye (DPR).

During the week in this direction, the enemy lost over 2.6 thousand military personnel, 23 tanks, including US-made Abrams, 45 armored combat vehicles, 83 vehicles, as well as 26 field artillery guns.

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In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops improved the position along the front line and repelled seven attacks by enemy assault groups in the areas of the village.

Marfopol village (Zaporozhye region), Novodonetskoye and Shevchenko (DPR).

In addition, the group’s military personnel hit units of the 72nd mechanized and 58th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 108, 121, 127, 128th military defense brigades in the areas of the village.

Vodianoye, Ugledar, Urozhainoye, Staromayorskoye, Rovnopol (DPR) and Lugovskoye (Zaporozhye region).

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 890 military personnel, three tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 28 vehicles and eight field artillery guns.

In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces took more advantageous positions and repelled seven attacks by assault groups of the 117th, 118th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 15th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of ​​the village.

Rabotino village (Zaporozhye region).

Here, complex fire damage was also caused to the personnel and equipment of the 28th, 65th, 118th mechanized, 44th airmobile, 128th mountain assault brigades, as well as the 35th marine brigade and the 121st military defense brigade in the areas of the village.

Verbovoe, Primorskoe, Novopokrovka, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region), Ilyinka (Dnipropetrovsk region), Tokarevka and Dudchany (Kherson region).

Units of the Russian Armed Forces also thwarted an attempt to land the Ukrainian sabotage group of the 73rd Naval Center of Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Navy in the Tendrovskaya Spit area.

As noted by the Russian Ministry of Defense, as a result of the fleeting battle, four enemy boats were hit and sank.

At the same time, up to 25 Ukrainian military personnel were killed, one was captured.

The total number of Ukrainian military personnel who surrendered during the period from February 24 to March 1 is 16 people.

In total, the enemy lost more than 290 military personnel, three tanks, four armored combat vehicles, 34 vehicles and 16 field artillery guns in the Kherson direction in a week.

Aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery groups of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a number of targets over the course of a week, including a P-18 radar station, two radars and a launcher for the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, a Norwegian-made NASAMS anti-aircraft missile system combat vehicle, as well as five stations electronic warfare "Bukovel-AD".

During the week, air defense systems shot down two MiG-29 fighters, a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, two Storm Shadow cruise missiles, four JDAM guided bombs, 35 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, and 639 drones.