MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. Russian troops struck energy infrastructure of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, long-range UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) storage sites and deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck energy facilities used to support the operation of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, workshops for the assembly and sites for the storage and launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, fuel depots, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152 locations," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,580 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 195 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 230 troops and three artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and about 145 troops, a tank and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.