MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. Russia’s armed forces repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian army’s assault groups in the Krasny Liman area in the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry reported, adding that the enemy lost up to 80 troops and three cars.

"In the Krasny Liman area the units of the Center battlegroup supported by the artillery repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 21st and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army near the settlements of Yampolovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People’s Republic," the report said.

As a result, the enemy’s losses reached up to 80 troops, three cars, as well as a D-20 howitzer, the ministry added.