Russian troops strike Ukrainian naval base, ammo and fuel depots in past day — top brass

MOSCOW, June 10. /TASS/. Russian troops struck a Ukrainian naval base, ammunition and fuel depots 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 a naval base, ammunition and fuel depots, transport and energy infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations, sites for the storage, preparation and launch 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.

The Ukrainian army lost nearly 1,400 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 230 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, roughly 210 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and over 160 troops and five armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.

During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost over 285 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, more than 455 troops and four armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and roughly 40 troops and three jamming stations in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted more than 230 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy armored combat vehicle in its areas of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup North units improved their tactical position and inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian army and three territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Krasnopolye, Luzhki, Mogritsa, Ulanovo, Khoten and Volnaya Sloboda in the Sumy Region," the ministry said.

In the Kharkov direction, Battlegroup North units inflicted losses on formations of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army and a territorial defense brigade in areas near the settlements of Shipovatoye, Sosnovy Bor, Redkodub, Rubezhnoye and Izbitskoye in the Kharkov Region, the ministry reported.

The Ukrainian army lost more than 230