The Russian armed forces have repelled four attacks by the Ukrainian military in the South Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, with Kiev losing up to 130 servicepeople and four units of equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with army aviation and artillery, repelled four attacks… in the areas of the towns of Urozhaine, Novomykhailivka and Staromaiorske in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said, adding that Ukraine lost up to 130 troops, two vehicles, an armored personnel carrier and a D-20 howitzer.
In the Krasnyi Lyman direction, the Russian military repelled two Ukrainian attacks near the villages of Yampolivka and Dibrova, and Kiev lost up to 70 military personnel, the ministry said.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russia repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian forces near the villages of Synkivka and Nadiya, with Ukrainian losses totaling 165 servicepeople, the ministry said.