Russia reports killing of 130 Ukrainian servicemen

Thanks to artillery fire and the active actions of the Vostok group of forces, the Russian armed forces have destroyed more than 130 servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions over the past 24 hours.

Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov announced this while talking to reporters on February 5, TASS reports.

"More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye [Zaporizhzhia] directions as a result of artillery fire and active operations of the Vostok group of troops," Konashenkov said.

Also, according to him, ten pieces of equipment were destroyed.

"Two tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured fighting vehicles, two vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as D-30 and D-20 howitzers were destroyed," he said.

"In the Kupyansk direction, artillery fire from the Western group of forces inflicted fire damage on units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovoye of the Kharkov [Kharkiv] region and Novoselovskoye of the Lugansk People's Republic," Konashenkov said.

According to him, the activities of six sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kharkov region and the "Lugansk People's Republic" were curbed.

"Up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, an armoured combat vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed," Konashenkov stressed.