MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Russian forces hit Ukrainian troops and equipment near Malaya Tokmachka, Verbovoye and Rabotino in the Zaporozhye area in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"In the Zaporozhye area, attacks by Russian troops, aircraft and artillery units hit forces and equipment of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, and the 33rd and 117th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces near Malaya Tokmachka, Verbovoye and Rabotino in the Zaporozhye Region. The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 90 troops and five motor vehicles," the statement reads.