MOSCOW, July 26. /TASS/. The units of Ukraine’s armed forces lost over 1,320 troops in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

In particular, Ukraine’s losses amounted to over 215 troops in the responsibility area of Battlegroup North, over 220 troops in the responsibility area of Battlegroup West, up to 180 troops in the responsibility area of Battlegroup South, over 455 troops in the responsibility area of Battlegroup Center, up to 190 troops in the responsibility area of Battlegroup East, and over 60 troops in the responsibility area of Battlegroup Dnepr.

The units of Battlegroup North improved their tactical position and defeated manpower and equipment of the tank, mechanized brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian armed forces near settlements of Alekseyevka, Bessalovka, Proletarskoye, Maryino, and Sadki in the Sumy region, according to the ministry. In the Kharkov direction, units of Ukraine’s mechanized brigade and territorial defense brigade were defeated near settlements of Tikhoye, Melovoye in the Kharkov region and the city of Kharkov. Ukraine’s army lost a tank, three combat armored vehicles, eight cars, and four artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.