MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Russian forces struck transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian army, UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) assembly sites and enemy deployment areas over the past 24 hours, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian army, sites storing unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries, in 142 locations" the ministry said in a statement.

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet destroyed a Ukrainian naval drone in Black Sea waters over the past 24 hours, the ministry reported.

"The Black Sea Fleet’s forces destroyed an uncrewed boat of the Ukrainian Navy in Black Sea waters," the ministry said.

Russian forces are revealing and destroying scattered Ukrainian army groups in the Kharkov Region after destroying surrounded enemy formations in that area, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"Battlegroup North units have completed the destruction of the surrounded enemy in the northeastern part of the Kharkov Region and are carrying out measures to reveal and eliminate scattered single Ukrainian army groups," the ministry said in a statement.