"In the Donetsk direction, 10 enemy attacks were successfully repelled by competent and courageous actions of the defending units of the southern grouping of forces …During the hostilities, the losses of the armed forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 420 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three tanks, seven infantry fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, a D-20 howitzer, as well as a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount,” the ministry said in a statement.
"Enemy losses in these areas [Zaporozhye and South Donetsk] per day amounted to over 200 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, an Msta-B howitzer, and an AF-90 self-propelled artillery mount made in the UK,” the ministry said, adding that the Ukrainian military lost nearly 100 soldiers in the Krasnyi Lyman direction.