MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The units of Russia's Battlegroup West have repelled seven counterattacks by the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kupyansk area, eliminating two Leopard 2 tanks, Battlegroup Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky told TASS.

"Motorized infantry units of the 6th general troops army supported by the artillery repelled five counterattacks by assault groups of the 14th and 115th mechanized and 95th air assault brigades near the lake of Liman, as well as Sinkovka and Ivanovka. The enemy was forced to retreat in the southern and south-western directions," he said. Near Zheglovka and Terny the enemy made two more attempts of counterattacks, which were also repelled, Zybinsky added.

The team of the self-propelled artillery system Msta-S eliminated a Leopard 2 tank near the settlement of Terny, he said, noting that the Ukrainian army’s losses totaled "up to 55 troops, two Leopard 2 tanks, two М113 armored fighting vehicles, two mortars, four pickups and D-20 weapon.".