MOSCOW, May 30. Ukrainian armed forces lost approximately 1320 soldiers in the last 24 hours as a result of actions by Russian combat groups in the zone of the special military operation, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to the ministry's data, the enemy lost up to 200 soldiers in the area of responsibility of the Northern combat group, more than 180 as a result of the actions of the Western combat group, more than 85 in the area of responsibility of the Southern combat group, more than 340 in the area of responsibility of the Center combat group, more than 455 in the eastern direction, and up to 60 soldiers in the area of responsibility of the Dnepr combat group.

Russian air defense systems shot down 10 guided aerial bombs, one HIMARS rocket system projectile, and 352 unmanned aerial vehicles in the last 24 hours. "Air defense systems shot down 10 guided aerial bombs, one projectile from the American HIMARS rocket system, and 352 unmanned aircraft with fixed wings," the ministry said.

Since the beginning of the special military operation, Russian forces have destroyed a total of 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 153,684 unmanned aerial vehicles, 661 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,550 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,727 combat vehicles of rocket systems, 35,136 field artillery guns and mortars, and 62,874 units of special military automotive equipment. Russian units launched a group strike on military airfields and energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian armed forces in response to what Moscow called terrorist attacks by Ukraine.

"In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine against civilian objects on Russian territory, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike using high-precision long-range land and air-based weapons, as well as strikes against unmanned aerial vehicles, targeting military airfields and energy, fuel, and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian armed forces. The targets of the strike were hit, and all assigned targets were struck," the military agency said.

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