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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 Armed Forces Liberate Kovsharovka Settlement in Kharkov Region

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Russian servicemen are seen in the special military operation zone. File photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 29.03.2026
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian units of the Zapad battlegroup have liberated the settlement of Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"As a result of decisive actions by units of the Zapad battlegroup, the settlement of Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region was liberated," the ministry said.
The liberation of the settlement of Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region facilitates the Russian army's further advance towards the city of Kupyansk.
The Russian armed forces have struck a storage facility for Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, as well as aviation equipment at military airfields in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry also said.
"Russian armed forces units, utilizing operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery, have struck aviation equipment at military airfields, as well as energy and transportation infrastructure facilities in Ukraine used by the Ukrainian armed forces, launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, a storage facility for long-range Flamingo cruise missiles, as well as temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 areas," the statement read.
Russian air defense forces destroyed 345 drones and 13 aerial bombs belonging to the Ukrainian armed forces over the past 24 hours, the ministry added.
Ukraine lost more than 310 soldiers in combat against Russia's Tsentr battlegroup, up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Russia's Sever battlegroup,
Over 280 Ukraine's soldiers were eliminated by the Vostok battlegroup, up to 190 by the Zapad battlegroup, up to 225 by the Yug battlegroup, and up to 70 by the Dnepr battlegroup
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