Kiev loses some 1,375 troops along engagement line in past day — Russia’s top brass

MOSCOW, September 14. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,375 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 up to 200 troops in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, some 215 troops in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and roughly 170 troops in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.

During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost over 460 troops in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, up to 290 troops in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and some 40 troops in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.

Since the beginning of September, the Russian Armed Forces have eliminated up to 460 enemy personnel and 13 armored combat vehicles within the encirclement in the Kharkov Region.

"Since the beginning of the month, up to 460 enemy personnel, 13 armored combat vehicles, 8 pickup trucks, 13 quad bikes, and 21 ground-based robotic systems have been destroyed within the encirclement," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a news release.

Air defenses downed 399 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Black sea overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 399 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles last night, between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on September 13 and 8:00 a.m. Moscow time on September 14 (5:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. GMT). The drones were shot down over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Rostov, Smolensk and Krasnodar regions, as well as Crimea and the Black Sea," the statement reads.

Russian aircraft crews have struck a Ukrainian temporary troop deployment point in the Kharkov Region and a drone control center in the Sumy Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.

"Objective monitoring means have confirmed in real time that a temporary deployment point of the 108th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade in Fyodorovka was destroyed and a drone control center of Ukraine’s 5th Border Detachment in Zemlyanoe, Sumy Region, was hit as a result of combat operations by Russian aircraft crews," the statement reads.

The ministry added that Russian airstrikes involved FAB-500 bombs fitted with universal gliding and correction modules and two Kh-39 lightweight multipurpose missiles.

Russian forces have struck railroad vehicles carrying military supplies for the Ukrainian army in the Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Poltava, Nikolayev and Odessa Regions, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"Geran-4 Seeker attack drone crews have struck locomotives and military trains involved in the delivery of military supplies inside Ukraine.