MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. Russian troops delivered a massive strike on Ukrainian military-industrial sites and energy infrastructure used for military purposes over the past 24 hours, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"Over the past 24 hours, in response to the Kiev regime’s terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike by ground-based and airborne long-range precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on military-industrial sites and Ukraine’s energy infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations, and also sites for the production and storage of attack unmanned aerial vehicles and their preparation for launch. The goals of the strike were achieved. All the designated targets were hit," the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,230 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 165 troops and a US-made counterbattery radar station in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, roughly 150 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and more than 195 troops and two US-made armored vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
