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On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate and defend the inhabitants of the Donbass region, where people have been suffering from a blockade and regular attacks by the Kiev regime's forces since 2014.

Russian Armed Forces Fully Liberate Bogdanovka Settlement in Donetsk People's Republic

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A serviceman of the Tsentr Battlegroup of Russian Armed Forces perfects his skills in firing Kornet anti-tank missile system. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 21.04.2024
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Units of the Battlegroup Yug have completely liberated the Bogdanovka settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"Units of Battlegroup Yug have completely liberated the settlement of Bogdanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, improved their position along the front line, and hit the personnel and equipment of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlement of Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
According to the ministry, two counterattacks by formations of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repulsed in the area of Chasov Yar, and west of the settlement of Krasnoye in the DPR.
"The enemy's losses amounted to up to 440 servicemen, three cars, and one Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system."
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The Russian military destroyed a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force at the Dnepr airfield overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Russian air defense systems have shot down 194 Ukrainian drones and eight MLRS shells of various types over the past 24 hours, the ministry added.
According to the ministry, Russian forces have hit a Ukrainian drone production facility.
Meanwhile, Battlegroup Zapad eliminated up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles, the ministry said. Kiev also lost M777 howitzer, two US-made M119 howitzers and two Msta-B howitzers, as well as an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, the ministry added. Russian forces also eliminated a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit, four D-30 howitzers and a Rapira anti-tank gun, as well as a Grad multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS), and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, the ministry noted.
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