MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army lost about 1,295 service members in the special military operation zone in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

According to the ministry data, the enemy lost over 155 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North, more than 210 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West, up to 175 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup South, up to 345 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center, over 370 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup East and up to 40 troops in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup Dnepr.

The ministry noted that Battlegroup North units inflicted defeat on Ukraine’s formations consisting of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Aniskino, Ivanovka, Kazachya Lopan, Liptsy, and Bolshiye Prokhody in the Kharkov Region. In the Sumy Region, the personnel and equipment of a mechanized and airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces suffered a defeat near the settlements of Ulanovo, Stepovoye, and Kiyanitsa in the Sumy Region. The Ukrainian armed forces lost two armored combat vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, three field artillery weapons, three electronic warfare stations, and an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery system.