MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE
7 MAR, 17:10
Russia’s Aerospace Forces down Ukrainian Su-24 frontline bomber in DPR — top brass
Russian forces eliminated over 60 Ukrainian troops, an M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery gun and an M777 artillery system in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov reported
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MOSCOW, March 7. /TASS/. Russian combat aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 frontline bomber over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov reported on Tuesday.
"Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 plane near the settlement of Druzhkovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
Kupyansk direction
Russian forces eliminated over 30 Ukrainian troops and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer in the Kupyansk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kupyansk direction, army aviation and artillery of the western battlegroup struck the enemy’s manpower and equipment in areas near the settlements of Gryanikovka, Peschanoye and Krakhmalnoye in the Kharkov Region, Stelmakhovka and Rozovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
The strikes eliminated one Ukrainian tank, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, and also 30 Ukrainian personnel," the general specified.
Krasny Liman direction
The Ukrainian military suffered 125 casualties in the Krasny Liman area over the past day as a result of damage inflicted by Russian troops, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Krasny Liman direction, artillery of the battlegroup Center and aircraft inflicted damage on the enemy’s units," the spokesman said.
The strikes eliminated "as many as 125 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored combat vehicles and also D-20 and D-30 howitzers," the general specified.
Donetsk direction
Russian forces eliminated over 75 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Donetsk direction, over 75 Ukrainian personnel, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a Smerch multiple launch rocket system and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed as a result of active operations by units of the southern battlegroup," the spokesman said.
In addition, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was obliterated near the settlement of Markovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the general added.
"In the area of the settlement of Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 110th mechanized brigade was wiped out," Konashenkov reported.