MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Interfax) - Russian assault units have taken better positions near Olshana in the Kharkov region as a result of offensive operations on a broad front, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
"In the Kupyansk sector, attack units from the western group of forces took better positions near Olshana in the Kharkov region as a result of offensive operations on a broad front," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
"Active defensive operations helped repel nine attacks and counterattacks by units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 25th Airborne Brigade and the 14th, 32nd and 67th Mechanized Brigades near Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People's Republic and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region," he said.
Attack planes, army aviation and artillery hit concentrations of hostile troops and hardware near Dvurechnaya, Petropavlovka, Krakhmalnoye and Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, Konashenkov said.
"Up to 110 Ukrainian troops were killed, and three trucks and two D-20 howitzers were destroyed in that area over the day," he said.