The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that about 30 military Armed Forces of Ukraine in Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions were liquidated. This is stated in the published daily summary. telegraph channel Defense Department.
It was noted that in these areas, air and artillery units of the Vostok troops struck units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolskoye and Novopol regions of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
In addition, the activities of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Vladimirovka, Mirnoye and Nikolskoye settlements were stopped. During the day, about 30 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in these areas.
It was also reported that the Russian army destroyed an armored vehicle, two pickup trucks and two ammunition depots belonging to the Ukrainian troops in the DPR and Zaporozhye region.
On the eve of the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov stated during a briefing that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions. loss up to 70 soldiers.
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.