MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. Units of the eastern group of the Russian Armed Forces in the Vostok Donetsk direction repelled two attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The losses of Ukrainian troops per day amounted to up to 100 military personnel, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

"In the south Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. < ..> Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel, a tank, and three pickup trucks," the statement said.

Russian troops destroyed up to 95 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction. "In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of Russian troops, artillery fire and air strikes, enemy losses amounted to up to 95 military personnel, a tank, and 12 vehicles," the statement said.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasny Liman direction lost up to 90 servicemen per day. "The enemy's losses amounted to up to 90 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, and three vehicles," the statement said.