MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. Russian troops delivered an overnight strike by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), hitting a Ukrainian military airfield and an ammunition depot over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

"Last night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike by long-range precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, the infrastructure of a military airfield and a warehouse storing ammunition, missile armament and components for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles. The goals of the strike were achieved. All the designated targets were hit," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,210 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry.

The latest figures show that the Ukrainian army lost over 160 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, more than 240 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and roughly 150 troops and two artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.