MOSCOW, May 16 Ukrainian troops in six settlements of the DPR and the Zaporozhye region, the enemy’s losses amounted to 135 servicemen, Kiev also lost two Msta-B howitzers and an Akatsiya self-propelled gun, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. In the Zaporozhye direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko, Velyka Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as Malinovka, Chervonoe, Belogorye and Novodanilovka of the Zaporozhye region,» the Russian military department said in a report.< br>In addition, the actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were suppressed in the area of the settlement of Urozhaynoye in the DPR.
«During the day, enemy losses in these directions amounted to 135 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, two Msta-B howitzers «, as well as the Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount,» the Russian Defense Ministry added.