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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 Forces Liberate Annovka Settlement in Donetsk People’s Republic - MoD

© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov / Go to the mediabankRussian servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces fire a Giatsint-S self-propelled howitzer towards Ukrainian positions in the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) sector of the frontline amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
Russian servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces fire a Giatsint-S self-propelled howitzer towards Ukrainian positions in the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) sector of the frontline amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine. - Sputnik International, 1920, 25.08.2026
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian forces took control of Annovka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"As a result of active operations, Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr, have liberated the settlement of Annovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the statement read.
Annovka is located approximately three kilometers from Dobropolye and effectively borders the city from the northeast. In recent weeks, Russian forces have also advanced in other areas of the Dobropolye direction.
Ukraine lost up to 350 soldiers in combat against Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 350 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles, an artillery unit and three electronic warfare stations," the ministry said in a statement.
This is in addition to up to 215 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the past day by Russia's Battlegroup Sever, over 300 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 230 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 150 by Battlegroup Yug, and up to 30 by Battlegroup Dnepr, the ministry said.
Russian air defense forces took down a total of 460 UAVs in the past day, the ministry said.
"Ammunition depots, a training and launch site for Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, assembly shops, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and their components, as well as temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 districts were damaged," the ministry said.
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