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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.

Russian Forces Take Control of Tolstoy Settlement in DPR

© Sputnik / Stanislav Krasilnikov / Go to the mediabankRussian servicemen of the Tsentr Battlegroup of forces ride on a 2S7 Malka self-propelled howitzer towards Ukrainian positions near Krasnoarmeysk
Russian servicemen of the Tsentr Battlegroup of forces ride on a 2S7 Malka self-propelled howitzer towards Ukrainian positions near Krasnoarmeysk  - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.07.2025
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The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Tolstoy in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Vostok military group, the settlement of Tolstoy in the Donetsk People's Republic has been liberated," the ministry's said in a statement.
Russia's Tsentr group of forces has eliminated up to 440 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 440 servicepeople, six vehicles and three artillery pieces," the ministry said in a statement.
The Zapad group of Russian forces has eliminated up to 220 Ukrainian soldiers and the Vostok group of Russian forces has eliminated up to 205 Ukrainian soldiers, the ministry said.
Additionally, the Russian armed forces carried out a massive strike overnight, including with the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles, on the infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields, with all targets hit, the ministry said, noting that Russian air defense systems have downed 226 drones.
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