MOSCOW. April 10 (Interfax) - Russian forces have repelled 11 Ukrainian attacks in the Avdeyevka sector and another four in the Donetsk sector over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"In the Avdeyevka sector, units from the central group of forces improved their tactical position through active operations and repelled 11 counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 25th Airborne Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade, and 47th and 115th Mechanized Brigades near Pervomaiskoye, Vodyanoye, Novobakhmutovka, Umanskoye and Berdychi in the Donetsk People's Republic [DPR]," the ministry said.
Four attacks were repelled in the Donetsk sector, it said.
In the Avdeyevka sector, the enemy lost up to 395 troops, three armored combat vehicles, six trucks, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, the ministry said.
"In the Donetsk sector, units from the southern group of forces took better positions and struck troops and hardware of the Ukrainian 5th Assault Brigade and the 22nd, 28th, 67th, 93rd and 115th Mechanized Brigades near Krasnoye, Novokalinovo, Kleshcheyevka, Novoye and Kurdyumovka in the DPR. Four counterattacks by detachments of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, the 33rd Mechanized Brigade and the 46th Airmobile Brigade were repelled near Vyemka, Pobeda and Krasnogorovka in the DPR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 360 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carriers, and five trucks," the ministry said.
Counterbattery measures carried out in the Donetsk sector hit a 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a 155mm AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, a 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, an AN/TPQ-50 counter-mortar radar, and two Nota ECM stations, it said.
"In the Kupyansk sector, units from the western group of forces improved their front lines and repelled a counterattack by an assault group of the 31st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Grigorovka in the DPR. The enemy lost up to 20 troops, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, and four trucks," the ministry said.
There, counterbattery measures hit a 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and two ECM stations - a Bukovel-AD and a Nota, it said.
"In the southern Donetsk sector, units from the eastern group of force improved their front lines and struck detachments of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade near Staromayorskoye and Urozhainoye in the DPR. Two counterattacks of the enemy were repelled near Nikolskoye in the DPR. The enemy lost up to 115 troops, three pickup trucks, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and a 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun over the day, the ministry said.
In the Kherson sector, units from the Dnepr group of force hit troops and hardware of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 121st and 126th Territorial Defense Brigades near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region and Mikhailovka and Ivanovka in the Kherson region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 65 troops, three trucks, a 155mm M777 howitzer, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, a Plastun signal intelligence system, and a Nota ECM station, the ministry said.