MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. Russia’s armed forced repelled seven Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk area in the past 24 hours, with the enemy having lost up to 55 troops and two equipment units, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Seven attacks by the units of the 25th, 32nd, 60th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army and the 1st brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard were repelled by aviation and artillery fire near the settlements of Sinkovka of the Kharkov Region, Terny of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Kolomyichikha of the Lugansk People’s Republic. As a result, the enemy lost up to 55 troops and two cars," the ministry said.