Within a week, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (RF Armed Forces) liberated the settlements of Lastochkino, Severnoye and Petrovskoye in the Avdeevsky direction. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The ministry reported that Russian troops repelled all 48 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian army’s losses amounted to more than 2,600 soldiers and 23 tanks, including Abrams.
March 1 reportedIt was stated that a Ukrainian citizen recruited by the Security Service of Ukraine, which collects data on the movements of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was detained in the Zaporozhye region.
On the same day, advisor to the president of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Igor Kimakovsky statedA column of armored vehicles and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was destroyed near Chasovy Yar.
Before that, war correspondent Yuri Kotenok aforementionedThat Russian Armed Forces broke through Ukrainian defenses at Avdiivka due to a downed machine gun.
Evgeniy Balitsky, formerly governor of the Zaporozhye region statedThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction were under the conditions of “concentration” of Russian troops.