MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. Ukrainian troops sustained roughly 50 casualties and lost a Msta-B howitzer and a D-30 howitzer in the Zaporozhye direction in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a report.

Also, Ukraine lost three armored combat vehicles and a car there, the ministry added.

According to it, Russian units repelled two attacks by Ukraine’s 118th Mechanized Brigade near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye Region. The manpower of Ukraine’s 33rd Mechanized Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade was struck near Rabotino and Kamenskoye.