MOSCOW, May 20. /TASS/. Russian troops destroyed a German-made Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of the Ukrainian army and struck enemy deployment sites over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces destroyed a German-made Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and struck fuel and energy infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army, ammunition depots, workshops for the assembly and sites for the storage of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 locations," the ministry said in a statement.
Kiev loses 990 troops along engagement line in past day - latest figures
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 990 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 165 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, about 180 troops, a tank and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and around 100 troops, a German-made Leopard tank and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
