The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Russian troops in the Krasnolymansky direction had liquidated more than 70 soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) the other day.
“The enemy’s manpower and equipment were defeated in the settlements of Terny and Yampolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he said.
The defense ministry also reported that in the last 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored combat vehicle, three pickup trucks, a car and a D-30 howitzer in this direction.
Former Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published Video of the advance of assault detachments and motorized riflemen of the Marines of the Pacific Fleet in the direction of Ugledar.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for help from the heads of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.