"In the Donetsk region, units of the Yug Battlegroup in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled 14 attacks… In total, in this direction in one day the enemy lost up to 310 military personnel as killed and injured, a tank, three cars," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministy added that Ukraine also lost up to 170 soldiers in the Zaporozhye and Kherson areas. The Russian forces launched strikes at the Ukrainian units in the areas of Rabotino, Uspenovka, and Malaya Tokmachka settlements in Zaporozhye.
Moreover, the Russian soldiers warded off three attacks from Ukrainian troops in the areas of Sinkovka and Zagoruikovka around Kupyansk. Russian forces also repelled one attack in the area of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Krasny Liman region. The total losses of the Ukrainian troops in the two areas amounted to 285.
In addition, Russian fighters shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 near Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), as well as intercepting two HIMARS shells and a JDAM bomb during the day.