"Using operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces, strikes were delivered on assembly and storage sites of unmanned aerial vehicles," the summary said.
Additionally, enemy personnel and equipment were successfully targeted in 136 areas. In turn, air defense systems destroyed 210 Ukrainian drones and shot down 21 HIMARS and Vampire MLRS projectiles in the special military operation zone.
Meanwhile, Russian forces repelled nine Ukrainian counterattacks in the Avdeyevka vicinity during the past 24 hours, with Kiev’s military casualties reaching 255 troops.
"The enemy lost up to 255 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, and six cars. Also, during counter-battery combat, the self-propelled artillery unit M109 Paladin of US production, the howitzer M777 of US production, as well as the self-propelled artillery unit "Carnation," were hit," the ministry said in a statement, adding that Ukraine also lost 220 soldiers and two tanks in the Donetsk region.