The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the day of the clash in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) killed up to 140 fighters.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, in these areas, the Russian Armed Forces (RF Armed Forces) destroyed two D-30 howitzers in one day, and also destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the Otradnoe settlement in the Zaporozhye region. .
At the same time, according to the latest report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a one-day conflict of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Donetsk eliminated two Ukrainian ammunition stores and an American-made AN / TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.
Formerly at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedThat Russian artillery and aircraft in the Kupyansk direction hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was reported that the clashes took place in the settlements of Novomlynsk, Kislovak, Glushkovka and Stelmakovka of the LPR, in the Kharkov region.
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 assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.