Ukraine has lost up to 300 soldiers and five pieces of military equipment in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
"In the Donetsk direction … Enemy casualties amounted to up to 300 military personnel, two armored personnel carriers and three vehicles," the ministry said in a statement, adding that Ukraine also lost up to 100 soldiers as killed or injured in the South Donetsk direction.
In October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Kiev's so-called "counteroffensive" was a complete failure.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Ukraine had lost more than 125,000 soldiers and 16,000 pieces of weapons in six months of "counteroffensive".