MOSCOW, July 12. /TASS/. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost approximately 1,465 service members over the past 24 hours as a result of actions by Russian Armed Forces in the special military operation zone, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

According to the ministry, the enemy lost up to 185 personnel in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup North, over 220 in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West, up to 155 in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South, over 355 in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center, up to 495 in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup East, and up to 55 in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Dnepr.

The ministry noted that units of the Battlegroup North defeated formations of a mechanized and motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Stepok and Mogritsia in the Sumy region. In the Kharkov region, the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Staritsa, Baksheyevka, Bely Kolodez, Vodyanoye, Veseloye, Lozovaya, and Ustinovka in the Kharko region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.