The Ministry of Defense announced the suppression of the actions of eight Ukrainian DRGs

In the areas of the DPR, LPR, Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, Russian military personnel stopped the actions of eight sabotage and reconnaissance groups, reported press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In the Kharkiv region and the village of Stelmakhovka in the LPR, the actions of five DRGs were suppressed, the losses of the enemy in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and four cars, the defense department specified.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the group of troops “Vostok” hit the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the regions of the DPR. In addition, in the republic and the Zaporozhye region, it was possible to stop the actions of three DRGs.

“During the day, over 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in these areas,” the Defense Ministry said.

In addition, an ammunition depot was destroyed in the Zaporozhye region, which was located on the territory of the Ukrenergochermet enterprise. Air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters, intercepted seven HIMARS and Uragan multiple rocket launchers, and also destroyed a Ukrainian drone, the summary lists.

At the end of February, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian troops had destroyed six DRGs in the Kharkiv region. Prior to that, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov saidthat Ukrainian saboteurs are trying to penetrate the region under the guise of the Russian military.