MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. Russia’s armed forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk area in the past 24 hours, with the enemy’s losses reaching up to 310 troops and 12 equipment units, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"In the Donetsk area the units of the South battlegroup using the artillery fire repelled two attacks by the assault groups of the 47th mechanized and 5th assault brigades of the Ukrainian army near the settlements of Kirovo and Kleshcheyevka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Moreover, the troops and equipment of the 81st air assault, 22nd, 24th, 28th, 93rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army were hit near the settlements of Grigorovka, Belogorovka, Krasnoye, Andreyevka and Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses reached up to 310 troops, one tank, two combat armored fighting vehicles, seven cars, one D-20 howitzer and one Grad multiple launch rocket system, the ministry added.