“About 34 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the areas of Pologi, Gulyaipole, Zaporozhie, Lisichansk, Kremennaya, Donetsk settlements, among others. We continue an active work,” the Ministry said.

According to the Defense Ministry, the air defense systems intercepted 11 HIMARS and Alder MLRS rockets in the last 24 hours.

“To the south of Donetsk, units of the Vostok group of troops, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, successfully attacked the troops of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the Ministry detailed.

According to the Zaporozhie military report, “Ukraine´s losses amounted to over 50 troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two cars, two D-30 howitzers and one D-20”.

On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his country would conduct a military operation in Ukraine in response to the request for assistance from the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donbass republics to demilitarize Ukraine.

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