MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Russian forces have repelled two Ukrainian attacks and struck three enemy brigades over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"In the Kupyansk area, units of the battlegroup West conducted active operations with support from aircraft and artillery, repelling two attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian 67th mechanized brigade near the village of Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region. Fire damage was also inflicted on units of the 43rd, 53rd mechanized and 10th mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Ivanovka and Zagoruykovka in the Kharkov Region. Up to 30 servicemen and two pickup trucks were destroyed," the ministry said.