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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 Liberate Vozdvizhevka in Zaporozhye Region

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Russian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher towards Ukrainian positions - Sputnik International, 1920, 27.05.2026
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Vozdvizhevka in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"The units of the Vostok battlegroup continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the Vozdvizhevka settlement of the Zaporozhye region," the ministry said in a statement.
Additionally, the Russian Sever battlegroup has established control over the settlement of Granov in the Kharkov region, the statement read.
Ukraine lost over 340 soldiers in combat against Russia's Tsentr battlegroup, over 165 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated by Russia's Sever battlegroup, over 285 by the Vostok battlegroup
Up to 190 Ukrainian soldiers were neuralized by the Zapad battlegroup, over 180 by the Yug battlegroup, and up to 60 by the Dnepr battlegroup
Russian air defense forces destroyed three Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles of the Ukrainian military
Russian armed forces have also carried out strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises and energy facilities used by the Ukrainian armed forces
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The liberation of Vozdvizhevka and Granov enables Russian forces to establish broader operational footholds, disrupt Ukrainian logistics, and create springboards for further advances into defensive depths.
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