- Sputnik International, 1920, 25.02.2022
Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
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 Lost Almost 200 Troops in Donetsk Direction in Past Day

© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankRussian servicemen from the reconnaissance unit of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Zapad Group of Forces stand at a position in the course of Russia's military operation
Russian servicemen from the reconnaissance unit of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Zapad Group of Forces stand at a position in the course of Russia's military operation - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.10.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - In the Donetsk direction, the South group of the Russian armed forces repulsed 3 attacks of the Ukrainian army over the day and the enemy lost up to 190 servicepeople and 5 units of equipment, including one US-made M777 howitzer, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern group of forces, supported by air and artillery fire, repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Veseloe and Severnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to up to 190 Ukrainian servicepeople killed and wounded, three vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system and a D-30 howitzer," the ministry said in a statement.
A Ukrainian soldier stands in the fields at the village of Berezovka, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.09.2023
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Ukraine has also lost up to 50 soldiers in the Zaporozhye direction, up to 225 servicepeople in the South Donetsk direction, more than 100 people in the Kupyansk and Krasny Liman directions, the statement read.
Ukrainian servicemen carry their wounded comrade to a stabilization point of the 5th assault brigade in an undisclosed area near Artemovsk. File photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.09.2023
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