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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.

Russian Forces Take Control of Lastochkino Village in Avdeyevka Area - MoD

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A soldier from a Russian anti-aircraft missile unit from the Ivanovo Airborne Forces

 - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.02.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces are now in control of the Lastochkyne village in the Avdeyevka are, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
“In the Avdeyevka direction, units of the center grouping of forces liberated the village of Lastochkino and continued to improve the situation along the front line,” the ministry said in a statement.
Russian soldier walks through a wooded area in the Avdeyevka direction. February 14, 2024. - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.02.2024
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The Russian military also repelled an attack in Rabotyno, while the Ukrainian forces lost up to 50 soldiers in the Kherson direction, the ministry added.
On February 17, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky announced the decision to withdraw troops from Avdeyevka, a northern suburb of Donetsk. Volodymyr Zelensky said that the decision to pull out the troops had been made to "save people's lives." Later, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian military had taken full control of the city of Avdeyevka.
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