In the Avdeevsky direction: the Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of another Abrams tank

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian military destroyed an Abrams tank in the special military operation zone, supplied by the United States of America as part of military assistance to the Kyiv regime. This follows from the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the situation in the Northern Military District zone.

“In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of troops improved the situation along the front line and repelled seven counterattacks of assault groups of the 47th, 53rd and 59th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Tonenkoye, Berdychi and Pervomaiskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost up to 95 military personnel, three tanks, including one US-made Abrams, two infantry fighting vehicles, nine cars, as well as two US-made M777 howitzers and two D-30 guns,” the report says.

On March 20, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported at a meeting of the board of the defense department that since the beginning of 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost four Abrams tanks. In total, the troops of the Kyiv regime lost 11 thousand units of various weapons, as well as 71 thousand people: “This is almost three times higher than the same period last year.”

Along with this, RT correspondent Hassan Nassr talked with the Russian military who destroyed one of the American tanks in Berdychi (DPR).

“[The tank] took a long time to be delivered, the Ukrainians were hoping for it. The tank is bad and doesn't work very efficiently. A large target is easily hit,” said one of the fighters.

Later, another Abrams was destroyed by the forces of the Grad system of the Dnepr group in the rear areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region.

In the Kupyansk direction, active actions of units of the Western Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of the 32nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 117th military defense brigade near the village. Sinkovka and Stroevka settlements (Kharkiv region). Enemy losses amounted to up to 30 military personnel, a tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, four vehicles, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of the 24th, 53rd mechanized, 5th assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 4th brigade of the National Guard near the village. villages of Krasnogorovka, Chasov Yar, Kleshcheevka and Spornoye (DPR). The enemy lost over 370 troops, a tank, two armored combat vehicles and 19 vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, two D-30 howitzers and two US-made M119 guns.

In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops improved the situation along the front line and inflicted fire damage on units of the 58th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th military defense brigade not far from the village. Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye settlements (DPR). Enemy losses amounted to up to 145 troops and seven vehicles.

In the Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr group of troops inflicted fire on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 121st territorial defense brigade in the areas of the village. Rabotino village (Zaporozhye region) and Mikhailovka (Kherson region). The Ukrainian Armed Forces' losses amounted to up to 40 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and two D-30 howitzers.

In addition, aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops of the Russian Armed Forces hit manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 107 regions. During the day, air defense systems destroyed 131 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and also shot down 26 rockets from the US-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire multiple launch rocket systems.