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Seven attacks of Ukrainian army thwarted in Donetsk Area — Russian Defense Ministry

According to official spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov, enemy losses over the day were up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen

MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. Russian Armed Forces have successfully thwarted seven attacks of the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk area, official spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov said.

"In the Donetsk area, seven enemy attacks near Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Krasnogorovka settlements of the Donetsk People’s Republic were successfully repelled in the Donetsk area by aviation strikes, artillery fire and actions of units of the Battlegroup South," Konashenkov said. "Enemy losses over the day were up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, four automobiles, two M-777 artillery systems of the US make, and Msta-B and D-20 howitzers," he noted.

Ukrainian army units were hit near Druzhba, Berdychi, Kleshcheevka, Avdeevka, Krasnoye and Pobeda in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the spokesman said. A Ukrainian ammunition depot was destroyed near Dzerzhinsk.