Russian forces have destroyed an ammunition depot at Ukraine's Mirgorod air base, Interfax reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

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The attack also destroyed a MiG-29 fighter and a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, said military spokesman Igor Konashenkov.

Myrhorod base is located in Poltava region, Eastern Ukraine.

Konashenkov added that a large ammunition depot was also destroyed in the area of ​​the city of Novomoskovsk in the eastern part of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Ukrainian authorities today called on citizens in the eastern Luhansk region to flee Russian shelling after more than 50 civilians trying to evacuate by train from a neighboring region were killed in a rocket attack.

Russia has denied attacking civilians. 

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Poltava Regional Governor Dmitry Lunin said on social media that two people were injured in the Russian attack on Mirgorod and "significant damage" was caused.

On April 2, Lunin announced that a Russian strike in the area of ​​the same base had damaged an airfield and a fuel tank.

In a statement today, Konashenkov said Russia had hit 85 military targets in Ukraine, including two command posts, three missile launchers, four self-propelled howitzers, an ammunition depot and two logistics depots.

Since February 24, Russian forces have destroyed 650 aircraft, including planes and helicopters, and more than 2,000 tanks and armored personnel carriers of the Ukrainian armed forces, Konashenkov said.

Reuters, quoting Interfax, said it could not confirm the accuracy of the data provided by Russia.

According to estimates by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, 19,100 Russian servicemen have been killed since the invasion, and Russia has lost 705 tanks, 1,895 armored personnel carriers, 151 aircraft and 136 helicopters.

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On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had suffered "significant losses" in Ukraine.

In the latest update of its casualties, on March 25, the Russian Defense Ministry said 1,351 Russian soldiers had been killed and 3,825 wounded since the campaign began.

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