MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. Units of Russia’s Battlegroup Center repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault teams in the Serebryansky forestry area, battlegroup spokesman Leonid Sharov told TASS.

"Units of Battlegroup Center continue to perform their mission in the Krasny Liman area as part of the special military operation. The battlegroup forces repelled three attacks by the assault teams of the 24th and 62nd mechanized brigades and units of the Ukrainian National Guard in the Serebryansky forestry area," he said.

Sharov added that artillery fire halted the enemy advance, making the Ukrainian army lose over 20 troops.