MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Ukraine lost up to 180 servicemen and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle near Donetsk over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"In the Donetsk area, units from the battlegroup South, acting in cooperation with aircraft and artillery, repelled two attacks by assault groups from the Ukrainian 30th mechanized brigade in the area of the Kurdyumovka settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic. Additionally, strikes were carried out on the personnel of the Ukrainian 22nd and 24th mechanized brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka and Vasyukovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said.

According to the ministry, the enemy’s losses in this area totaled up to 180 servicemen, a Bradley fighting vehicle, three pickup trucks and a Msta-B howitzer.