The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said during a briefing that the daily losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Donetsk direction amounted to more than 300 soldiers.
“Enemy losses in this direction amounted to 310 Ukrainian soldiers,” he said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported that the Ukrainian army lost one tank, three armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles and one D-20 howitzer in one day.
In addition, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation they were able to influence The defeat to the units of the Ukrainian military forces in the Krasnolimansky direction, the Ukrainian army lost more than 50 fighters on this part of the front.
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.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
Previously, three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine swim across He surrendered to the Dnieper and the RF Armed Forces.