MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army lost about 1,495 troops in clashes with Russian forces across all combat areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine issued by Russia’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday.
The updated figures show that the Ukrainian side lost up to 130 troops in the zone of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North, some 230 troops in the sector of the Battlegroup West, up to 215 troops in the area of the Battlegroup South, over 535 troops in the sector of the Battlegroup Center, roughly 315 troops in the area of the Battlegroup East and up to 70 troops in the sector of the Battlegroup Dnepr.
Units of the Battlegroup North neutralized four mechanized brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian armed forces near the settlements of Andreyevka, Alexeyevka, Varachino, Novaya Sech, Pavlovka and Khrapovshchina in the Sumy Region. In the Kharkov direction, Russian troops overpowered a motorized infantry brigade and territorial defense units near the settlements of Bochkovo, Volchansk and Okhrimovka in the Kharkov Region. As a result of these actions, Ukrainian forces lost five vehicles, two artillery systems (including a 155mm French-made TRF-1 howitzer), a counter-battery radar and an ammunition warehouse.
