The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian army was able to destroy 19 Ukrainian UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day.
It was recorded that 19 unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shot down with the help of air defense systems in Rubizhne, Privolye, Zaliman, Belovorovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic. Donetsk People’s Republic, Mirne and Ocheretovatoe in the Zaporozhye region and Proletarka in the Kherson region.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that during the day the Russian Armed Forces repulsed four attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Vremevsky salient. In addition, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Russian troops in the direction of Zaporozhye in the Rabotino enclave repelled the attack of units of the 47th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to keep Russia in his hands. Military special operation in Ukraine In response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to carry out the operation caused new events. Sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.