MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Ukraine lost up to 200 troops and four tanks, including a Leopard-2, in the Donetsk area in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"The enemy lost up to 200 troops and four tanks, including a German-made Leopard-2, as well as a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and three motor vehicles in the area. Besides, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, two Msta-B howitzers, an Akatsiya and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems and two D-30 howitzers were hit by counter-battery fire," the statement reads.