MOSCOW, January 7. /TASS/. In the past 24 hour, the Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 40 servicemen and a tank on the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"On Zaporozhye direction, Russian forces, supported by the tactical aviation and artillery fire, inflicted damage to concentration areas of 3rd and 14th National Guard Brigades, 68th Jaeger, 65th and 118th Mechanized and 128 Mountain Assault Brigades near settlements of Pyatikhatki, Verbovoye, Rabotino, Novoprokopovka and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye Region)," the Ministry said.

The enemy lost up to 40 servicemen, a tank, 2 armored combat vehicles and four automobile vehicles.