The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today, Saturday, that the losses of the Ukrainian army during the past 24 hours amounted to more than 1,600 soldiers, on various fighting fronts. The Russian Defense added, in its daily report on the conduct of military operations in Ukraine, that the Russian Army was able to repel a number of attacks on the fighting axes in the towns of Granov and Konstantinovka in Kharkov Province. It indicated that the Russian air defenses were able to shoot down a Ukrainian helicopter, and also intercepted 4 Atakms missiles and 7 Himars rockets, in addition to shooting down 71 drones. Source: National Iraqi News Agency