MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. The Russian armed forces hit manpower of four brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces by aviation and artillery fire in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire inflicted fire damage on the personnel of the 33rd, 65th, 117th and 118th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino, Kirovo and north-west of Kopanya in the Zaporozhye region," the statement said.

The ministry specified that the losses of the Ukrainian army to more than 100 troops, three armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, as well as a D-30 howitzer.