"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 Urozhainoe, Novomikhailovka and Staromaiorskoe 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 Krasny Liman direction, the Russian military repelled two Ukrainian attacks near the villages of Yampolovka 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 Synkevka and Nadya, with Ukrainian losses totaling 165 servicepeople, the ministry said.