The spokesman noted at his regular press conference that in the course of the operations, the Ukrainian units lost up to 50 men, four armored cars, three self-propelled artillery equipment, and six artillery trucks.

Meanwhile, in the southern direction of Donetsk, the Russian forces repulsed all enemy counterattacks and forced them back to their original positions, Konashenkov said.

In the Luhansk region Ukrainian troops tried to attack Russian positions near the town of Novosiolovskoye, but were repulsed and lost 50 uniformed personnel, 10 tanks, an infantry vehicle, two armored vehicles, and a self-propelled gun, the spokesman pointed out.

The Russian troops also annihilated a platoon with US-made M777 artillery systems in the Kharkov region during a counter-battery battle, he added.

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