The Russian Defense Ministry announced the elimination of 1965 Ukrainian soldiers, during the past 24 hours. The Ministry stated, in a statement today, that its forces were able to shoot down 172 Ukrainian drones over various Russian regions, and also dropped a guided bomb of the /Hammir/ type and destroyed two sites in the Ukrainian fuel infrastructure and a communications center. The statement added that the northern forces strengthened their positions on the /Volchansk/ and /Liptsovsky/ axes in the /Kharkov/ province, eastern Ukraine. Source: National Iraqi News Agency