MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Russian forces have inflicted fire damage to Ukrainian units near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye Region over the past day, taking out up to 35 enemy servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Fire damage was inflicted on personnel and equipment clusters of the Ukrainian 65th mechanized brigade in the area of the Rabotino settlement in Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said the enemy lost up to 35 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and three motor vehicles.

"Counterbattery fire over the course of the day hit a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, two D-30 artillery guns, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit and an Msta-B howitzer," the statement said.