MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/. Russian forces struck Ukrainian long-range UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) 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 logistics centers, fuel and energy and transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army, sites for the storage of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 locations," the ministry said in a statement.

Kiev loses 1,505 troops along engagement line in past day - latest figures

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,505 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 220 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 220 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and about 215 troops and an armored personnel carrier in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.