The "West" troop group destroyed up to 200 AFU fighters in 24 hours

The Russian military grouping Zapad has destroyed up to 200 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), a Starlink satellite communication station, as well as four field ammunition depots of the enemy. This was reported by Ivan Bigma, head of the group's press center, to TASS on February 15.

"During the day, the enemy's losses amounted to up to 200 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, including two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, and five vehicles. Also destroyed were 17 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control points, a Starlink satellite communication station and four field ammunition depots," Bigma said.

According to him, the group's air defense calculations destroyed a Hammer guided aerial bomb and 18 aircraft-type UAVs during the day.

Artillery units and barrage munitions operators destroyed eight field artillery guns and seven mortar crews.

Bigma added that the units of Troop Group West improved their tactical position and continued advancing deep into the enemy's defenses.

Russian fighters struck the living forces and equipment of the AFU's tank, mechanized and assault brigades, as well as the territorial defense brigade in the areas of Kondrashovka, Boguslavka, Zelenyi Gaya in the Kharkiv region, Novolubovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Yampolovka and Kolodezey in the Donetsk People's Republic.

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The Russian Defense Ministry reported earlier in the day that a UAV unit of a separate battalion of the 51st Guards All-Russian Army of the Southern Military District destroyed an American-made AFU M113 armored personnel carrier and enemy manpower on the Dzerzhynsky direction of the special military operation (SMO).