MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Ukraine has lost more than 380 soldiers in the Avdeyevka area, over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Over the given period, the Russian armed forces have repelled seven attacks and counterattacks by Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk area, and another attack in the South Donetsk area.
«The enemy lost more than 380 soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles and 13 vehicles [in the Avdeyevka area],» the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine has also lost up to 350 soldiers in the Donetsk area, more than 145 soldiers in the South Donetsk direction and 40 soldiers in the Kupyansk region, the ministry said.
Additionally, the Russian armed forces have taken control of the Nevelskoe settlement in the Donetsk area, the statement read.
