MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Russian troops delivered a massive strike by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, fuel and energy infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
"During the last 24-hour period, in response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike by ground-based, air-launched and seaborne long-range precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles on facilities of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector engaged in the production of cruise missiles, long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and also fuel and energy sites used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations. The goals of the strike were achieved. All the designated targets were hit," the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,055 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 145 troops and an electronic warfare station in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 190 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and over 145 troops and six armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
