MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Russian troops delivered a massive overnight strike on Ukrainian military-industrial and energy sites in response to Kiev’s attacks on civilian facilities, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.
"Last night, 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 attack unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukraine’s military-industrial enterprises and energy infrastructure facilities used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations, and also military airfields. The goals of the strike were achieved. All the designated targets were hit," the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,115 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 175 troops and a field artillery gun in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 170 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and around 125 troops and seven armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
