MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. The Russian armed forces destroyed a Ukrainian ammo depot and a Pelikan radar and shot down six Ukrainian drones in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The Russian military also repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault teams near Maryinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), eight Ukrainian attacks near Kupyansk.

TASS has compiled the main achievements of the Russian armed forces in the special military operation over the past day.

Donetsk area

The Russian forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault teams near Maryinka in the DPR in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"In the Donetsk area, units of Battlegroup South, acting in coordination with aircraft and artillery forces, repelled three attacks by assault teams of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces near the city of Maryinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and hit troops and equipment of the 28th, 42nd and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces near Kurdyumovka, Andreyevka and Kleshcheyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost up to 180 troops, three armored personnel carriers and four motor vehicles," the statement reads.

The ministry added that a US-made M777 artillery system, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, a Msta-BG howitzer, two D-20 systems, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems and a D-30 howitzer had been hit by counter-battery fire in the previous 24 hours.

The Russian forces also repelled a Ukrainian attack and inflicted a fire defeat on a Ukrainian brigade near Novomikhailovka in the DPR.

"In the south Donetsk area, units of Battlegroup East, acting in coordination with aircraft and artillery forces, repelled a Ukrainian attack and inflicted a fire defeat on units of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces near the Novomikhailovka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the military added.

The ministry pointed out that the enemy had lost up to 100 troops, three armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles, a Msta-S howitzer and a D-20 system.

Kupyansk area

Russia’s western battlegroup repelled eight Ukrainian attacks near Kupyansk over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

"In the Kupyansk area, units of the western group of forces, supported by artillery fire, repelled eight attacks by Ukraine’s 14th and 60th mechanized brigades and hit units of the 115th mechanized brigades near Sinkovka, the Kharkov Region," the news release said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses amounted to up to 60 servicemen, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery piece and a Msta-B howitzer

Kherson area

The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 75 servicemen, a Msta-B howitzer and two Hyacinth-B guns in the Kherson area over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"In the Kherson area, the Russian forces struck up to 75 enemy servicemen, three vehicles, a Msta-B howitzer and two Hyacinth-B guns," the ministry said.

Zaporozhye area

The Russian air defenses shot down six Ukrainian drones in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Air defenses shot down six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Korsunka, Radensk and Novaya Mayachka in the Kherson Region and Nesteryanka in the Zaporozhye Region," the statement reads.

The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 80 servicemen in the Zaporozhye area over the past day, the ministry added.

"In the Zaporozhye area, the Russian forces repelled an attack by assault groups of the 14th Ukrainian National Guard brigade and inflicted a fire defeat on the manpower of the 117th and 118th Ukrainian mechanized brigades near the Rabotino settlement of the Zaporozhye Region. Ukraine lost up to 80 servicemen and two vehicles," the military said.

Krasny Liman area

The Russian forces repelled five Ukrainian attacks near Petrovskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Krasny Liman area.

"In the Krasny Liman area, units of [Russia’s] Battlegroup Center repelled five attacks by assault teams of Ukraine’s 24th and 116th mechanized brigades near Petrovskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic, using artillery fire," the ministry said.

According to it, the enemy’s total losses amounted to roughly "185 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles and three cars."

Special military operation progress

Russian operational/tactical aircraft and drones as well as missile and artillery crews destroyed a Ukrainian ammo depot and a Pelikan radar, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ammo depot belonged to Ukraine’s 115th Mechanized Brigade, the ministry added, specifying that enemy manpower and military equipment were also struck in 112 areas.