MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. Russian troops struck fuel and energy and port infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army and enemy deployment sites over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck Ukraine’s fuel and energy and port infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations, sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 locations," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,110 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 170 troops and an armored personnel carrier in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 200 troops and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and more than 165 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.