MOSCOW, January 14. /TASS/. The Russian military repelled four Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"In the Kupyansk area, Russia’s battlegroup West repelled four attacks by assault groups of the 30th, 32nd and 60th Ukrainian mechanized brigades near the village of Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region, as well as defeated the Ukrainian units near Kislovka in the Kharkov Region and Rozovka in the Lugansk People's Republic," the ministry said, adding that the enemy lost up to 130 servicemen, four tanks, eight vehicles, a US-made M777 and three Gvozdika howitzers.