Russia repels attacks on Rivnopil

The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that it has "repelled four enemy attacks in the area of the locality of Rivnopil," AFP reported.

"In the South Donetsk direction, in the area of the Vremivka salient, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Eastern group of forces repelled four enemy attacks in the area of the Rivnopil settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry6 said in a statement.

Rivnopil is a rural community in eastern Donetsk region.