MOSCOW. April 3 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has reported a strike on Ukrainian units and military hardware near the settlement of Stroyevka, Kharkov region.
"In the Kupyansk sector, units of the western group of forces hit enemy personnel and hardware near Stroyevka, Kharkov region, and rebuffed three attacks by assault groups of the 60th Mechanized Brigade and 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Terny, Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said in a report.
Stroyevka is not far from the Russian border.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost the following in the past 24 hours: up to 30 personnel, three road vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer and two 152mm D-20 weapons," the report said.