- Sputnik International, 1920, 25.02.2022
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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.

Ukraine Loses Up to 180 Troops in Donetsk Direction in Past 24 Hours

© Sputnik / Gennady Dubovoy / Go to the mediabankDestroyed Ukrainian Military Equipment in the Village of Novoyekaterinovka near Komsomolsk
Destroyed Ukrainian Military Equipment in the Village of Novoyekaterinovka near Komsomolsk - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.08.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine has lost up to 180 servicemen and 10 pieces of military equipment in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
Russian military repelled three attacks by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk direction and two in the Krasny Liman direction.

"The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces [in the Donetsk direction] amounted to up to 180 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers," the ministry stated.

Ukraine Armed Forces' destroyed infantry fighting vehicle near Artemovsk. File photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.08.2023
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The Russian armed forces' assault units also conducted offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction, where Kiev lost up to 170 military, the ministry noted, adding that in the South Donetsk direction, Ukraine lost up to 145 military.
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