MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Ivanopolye in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

"Battlegroup South units liberated the settlement of Ivanopolye in the Donetsk People’s Republic through decisive operations," the ministry said in a statement.

Russian troops delivered a massive overnight precision strike on Ukrainian military-industrial and energy sites in response to Kiev’s attacks on civilian facilities, the ministry reported.

"In response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive overnight strike by ground-based, seaborne and airborne long-range precision weapons, including Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic ballistic missiles and attack unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukraine’s military-industrial sites and their energy facilities, and also warehouses of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles. The goals of the strike were achieved. All the designated targets were hit," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,345 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.