“The high-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the temporary deployment point of the 66th mechanized brigade near Grzhinsk of the Donetsk People’s Republic, up to 40 nationalists were killed … As a result of strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces, 35 nationalists. Over the past 24 hours, about 200 nationalists have been killed by pinpoint strikes on the location of the 53rd motorized rifle brigade.

He explained at a press briefing that “Russian forces destroyed 5 command posts of the Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Kharkiv region, as well as 151 points of collection of personnel and equipment”, showing that “as a result of the offensive actions of the Russian troops, the city of Ude was completely liberated Kharkiv region”.

Russia launched its own military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the goal of the operation “the protection of people over whom the Kyiv regime mocked and subjected to genocide for 8 years.”