MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 235 troops, two armored vehicles and six cars in the Donetsk area in the past 24 hours, with four brigades defeated, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"In the Donetsk area the units of Battlegroup South in cooperation with aviation and artillery repelled an attack by the Ukrainian army near the settlement of Bogdanovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as defeated the 28th, 54th mechanized, the 10th mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian army and the 112th territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Krasnoye, Vasyukovka, Razdolovka and Kleshcheyevka of the Donetsk People’s Republic," the report said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in the area totaled up to 235 troops, two armored vehicles and six cars, the ministry said.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 135 troops and two cars in the South Donetsk area in the past 24 hours, according to the report.

"In the South Donetsk area, the units of the East military group supported by aviation and artillery repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian army near the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as inflicted fire damage to the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian armed forced and the 128th territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Sladkoye and Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said, adding that the enemy’s losses in the area totaled up to 135 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle and two cars.

Russia’s armed forces thwarted three attacks by the Ukrainian army in the Zaporozhye area, with the enemy having lost up to 45 troops, two tanks and seven armored vehicles, the report said.

"In the Zaporozhye area Russian military groups together with aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrowers thwarted three attacks by Ukrainian armed forces near the settlements of Verbovoye and Rabotino of the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.

"Up to 45 troops, two tanks, seven armored vehicles and two pickups were destroyed," it added.

In the Kupyansk area Russian armed forces thwarted two Ukraine’s attacks, with the enemy’s losses amounting to over 30 troops, two military armored vehicles and two cars.

In the Krasny Liman area the enemy lost over 60 troops, an armored vehicle and two cars, the report said.

Russia’s air defense system intercepted 13 Storm Shadow and Neptune missiles in 24 hours, as well as eliminated 17 drones, the ministry said.

"Air defense facilities intercepted 13 Storm Shadow and Neptune missiles. Moreover, 17 drones were eliminated near the settlements of Kremennaya, Zolotaryovka, Belogorovka of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Maryinka, Panteleimonovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Energodar and Tokmak of the Zaporozhye Region," the report said.

Russian forces also destroyed a depot of Ukrainian air forces’ air weapons in the Dnepropetrovsk region and aviation equipment in the Poltava region. Moreover, the Russian army defeated Ukraine’s manpower and military equipment in 133 regions, the ministry said.