MOSCOW, June 22. /TASS/. Russian troops struck the Ukrainian army’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) assembly and storage sites and enemy deployment areas 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 struck Ukraine’s oil refining facilities, fuel and energy and transport infrastructure and fuel depots used by the Ukrainian army, sites for the assembly and storage of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 locations," the ministry said in a statement.

Kiev loses 1,440 troops along engagement line in past day – latest figures

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,440 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 210 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, more than 220 troops and two artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and roughly 165 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.