MOSCOW, January 1. /TASS/. Russian forces hit Ukrainian troops and equipment in three locations and eliminated a Ukrainian sabotage group in the south Donetsk area in the past day, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"In the south Donetsk area, units of Battlegroup East, backed by aircraft and artillery forces, hit Ukrainian troops and equipment near Novomikhailovka and Urozhainoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and Priyutnoye in the Zaporozhye Region. A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance unit was eliminated near Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the statement reads.

The enemy lost up to 110 troops, three armored combat vehicles and three motor vehicles in the area in the past day.