MOSCOW, March 12 – RIA Novosti. On the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions, Kiev lost about 140 military personnel per day, reported At the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“In the direction of Kupyansk, artillery fire from the Western Forces Group struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlements of Masyutovka, Dvurechnaya, Pershotravneve of the Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoe of the Luhansk People’s Republic during the day.

In addition, the actions of 5 sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped in the settlements of Stelmakhovka of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Sinkovka of the Kharkiv Region, Port Pervy and Berestovoe.

“The enemy’s daily losses in this direction were 45 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored combat vehicles and four vehicles,” the ministry said.

In the direction of Krasnolimansky, the Ministry of Defense announced that the active actions of the units, assault and army aviation attacks, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the “Center” troop group hit the enemy’s manpower and equipment in the settlements. Ploschanka from the Luhansk People’s Republic, Terny, Yampolovka and Grigorovka from the Donetsk People’s Republic. “During the day, about 100 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, four pickup trucks, a D-30 howitzer and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in this direction,” the Defense Ministry said.