The chief intelligence department of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine has reported that there were more fatalities among Russian military servicemen in Donbas and attempts of their commanders to hide this fact.

"New fatalities of Russian servicemen from the ninth special motorized rifle regiment of the Marine Corps (Novoazovsk) of the first Army Corps have been confirmed. On March 4 during a failed attempt to attack as part of the sabotage-reconnaissance group, a senior lieutenant has been killed and three others injured. The regiment's commanding officer and Colonel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Dmytro Bondarev (under cover identification documents – Yevhen Kovalenko) is trying to hide the real reason of the death and injury of the subordinates," the chief intelligence department said in a report posted on its website on Saturday.

The intelligence established a fact of arrival the ninth special motorized rifle regiment of the Marine Corps of the 22nd subunit of the separate special mission brigade (Kovalevka, Rostov region) of the chief intelligence department of General Staff of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of Russia.

The chief intelligence department reported that Ukraine provided information about tanks, self-propelled artillery platforms and 122-mm Grad multiple-launch rocket systems near Kalynivka, Lozove and Markine to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM).