 Two Russian Army colonels have been killed during Ukraine's counter-offensive in Bakhmut, Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday. Colonel Yevgeny Brovko was killed while repelling Ukrainian troops' attack in Artyomovsk in Bakhmut, Defense Ministry's Rep. Igor Konoshenkov said. Brovko received multiple shrapnel wounds during one of the attacks. The Ministry Rep. also announced the death of the commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, who led the battle in another area, near the settlement of Krasnoye in Bakhmut. The Ministry official added that the Russian army repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces, destroyed three tanks, per infantry fighting vehicles and two armored vehicles. In the course of repulsing the 3rd attack, the brigade commander was seriously wounded and died during the evacuation from the battlefield, Konoshenkov said. Colonel Anatoly Stepan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that Vyacheslav Makarov's deputy was injured during the attack. In his words Russia has suffered up to 20 losses during the operation today.