MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. Russian troops struck the gas transportation system of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck facilities of the gas transportation system that supports the operation of enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, warehouses of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,155 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 roughly 185 troops and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 230 troops, a tank and two UK-made armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and around 105 troops and five artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.