MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/. Russian forces repelled six Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk area, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"In the Kupyansk area, units of Battlegroup West, backed by aircraft and artillery forces, repelled six enemy attacks near the Timkovka and Zagoruikovka settlements in the Kharkov Region. The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 135 troops, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks," the statement reads.