MOSCOW, December 3. /TASS/. Ukraine lost up to 95 troops in the Kupyansk area over the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"In the Kupyansk area, units of the battlegroup West conducted active operations with the support of army aviation and artillery fire, striking personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian 14th mechanized brigade and 25th airborne brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region. Also, destroyed was an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian 113th territorial defense brigade in the area of the Liptsy settlement of Kharkov Region," the ministry said.

The Defense Ministry also said the enemy lost up to 95 servicemen, an armored fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles and a D-30 howitzer in the area.