The Grad MLRS crews of the Vostok group of troops are launching missile attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying enemy manpower and military equipment in the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

Each combat vehicle carries 40 rockets with a range of up to 40 km.

A salvo of just one combat vehicle provides an area of ​​destruction of manpower of about 1 thousand square meters.

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The missile forces strike enemy positions every day, at any time of the day and in any weather, the department noted. 

The combat vehicle can deploy anywhere, making it difficult for the enemy to identify and destroy the target.

As noted by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Grad crews act as quickly as possible - it takes only a few minutes to deploy, strike and change the firing position.

“From the moment we leave, everything takes two or three minutes.

Roll out, aim, work out,” the department’s website quotes operator-gunner of the Grad MLRS Valery.

  • Crews of the MLRS "Grad" destroy the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction

UAV crews aimed artillery at the enemy radar on the right bank of the Dnieper

As stated by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the operator of the Orlan-10 UAV, during a flight over the right bank of the Dnieper, discovered the position of an enemy radar.

The coordinates were transmitted to the command post, where it was decided to destroy it with a strike from the Krasnopol precision-guided munition.

After receiving the command, the crew of the Msta-S self-propelled gun fired a shot and confidently hit the radar station from 20 km away.

“The range of tasks is quite wide - aerial reconnaissance tasks, artillery and aviation adjustments, escorting enemy columns.

The enemy is well camouflaged and is under constant surveillance, one drone replaces another so that aerial reconnaissance is not interrupted,” said the commander of a drone company with the call sign Steppe.

As the Ministry of Defense emphasized, military personnel of the Dnepr group daily monitor the right bank of the Dnieper in real time using UAVs and track the movements of the enemy.

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At the same time, rocket and cannon artillery strikes are adjusted, and FPV drones are also aimed at enemy targets.

More profitable milestones 

As stated in the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Northern Military District for March 9, the Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous positions in the Donetsk and Avdeevsk directions.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces in the Donetsk sector defeated the enemy in the areas of Belogorovka (LPR), Georgievka, Kleshcheevka, Krasny, Kurdyumovka and Novomikhailovka (DPR).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 300 military personnel, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars, a D-20 howitzer and a Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system. 

In turn, in the Avdeevsky sector, units of the “Center” group of troops inflicted fire on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretino, Novoselovka Pervaya, Toretsk and Novogrodovka (DPR).

The enemy lost up to 450 troops, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles and 18 vehicles.

During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: a US-made M777 artillery system, a Czech-made RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and a US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar station.