MOSCOW, December 31. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 25 military personnel over the past 24 hours in the Kherson direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"In the Kherson direction, as a result of the actions of units of Russian forces and artillery fire, the daily losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 25 military personnel, three vehicles and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system," the statement says.