MOSCOW, July 18. /TASS/. Ukraine lost about 1,540 troops in the special military operation zone in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
According to the ministry, the enemy lost up to 230 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 215 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West, more than 145 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South, up to 370 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center, over 515 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup East, and more than 65 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Dnepr.
The ministry pointed out that units of Battlegroup North had hit the forces and equipment of a Ukrainian mechanized brigade, an air mobile brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near Mikhailovskoye, Ulanovo, Ryzhyovka, Mogritsa and Sadki in the Sumy Region. They also struck the forces of two mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades, and two territorial defense brigades near Mironovka, Kazachya Lopan, Sosnovka, Bugayevka and Verovka in the Kharkov Region. The Ukrainian armed forces lost an armored combat vehicle, ten motor vehicles, two artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare system.
