Russia's South Battlegroup Repels 4 Ukrainian Attacks, Eliminates Up to 550 Soldiers

 Russian servicemen of Russia's Yug (South) Group of Forces defeated five Ukrainian brigades and repelled four counterattacks, with enemy losses totaling up to 550 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

"The units of the Yug Group of Forces improved its position along the front line and also defeated manpower and equipment of the 81st airmobile, 92nd assault, 28th, 93rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and 115th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka, Kurdyumovka and the village Krasnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic [DPR]," the ministry said in a summary.