According to the ministry, Russia’s Battlegroup Yug repelled a Ukrainian counterattack.
"Enemy losses [over the past day] amounted to 500 military personnel, two military vehicles [among other military equipment]" the ministry said in a statement.
The Russian Battlegroup Tsentr repelled seven Ukrainian counterattacks in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), while the enemy lost up to 350 soldiers in clashes, the MoD added.