MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. Russian troops struck the Ukrainian army’s long-range UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) assembly workshops and storage facilities 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 fuel and energy and transport infrastructure, fuel depots used by the Ukrainian army, workshops for the production and sites for the storage of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 locations," the ministry said in a statement.

Kiev loses 1,295 troops along engagement line in past day – latest figures

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,295 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 215 troops and 12 motor vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, more than 200 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and over 185 troops and two armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.