Summary of the special operation in Ukraine for the week

A special military operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass has been conducted by Russia since February 24, 2022. You can track the progress of the joint forces of Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as view a map of military operations for the week from September 6 to September 12 in the Izvestia material.

During the week, the Russian army, using high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), carried out massive and six group strikes against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, transport and energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), military airfields, warehouses of weapons and military equipment. The Russian military also hit control points, assembly, storage and launch sites for long-range drones, a workshop for the production of unmanned boats, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.

Within a week, the Vostok group of troops liberated the settlements of Blagoe, Sosnovka and Novopetrovskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they lost more than 1.6 thousand militants, a tank, 18 armored combat vehicles, 68 vehicles and 10 field artillery pieces.

"The units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Formations of five mechanized, infantry, airborne, three amphibious assault, two assault, jaeger brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three marine brigades, a defense brigade and two National Guard brigades were defeated. The enemy lost up to 3,370 military personnel, five tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles, 42 vehicles and 14 field artillery pieces," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

In a week, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed eight high-speed unmanned boats of the Ukrainian army, and the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force. Air defense systems, in turn, shot down five cruise missiles, 19 guided aerial bombs, 19 US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, two Neptune long-range guided missiles and 1,488 drones.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost 667 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 83,368 UAVs, 628 anti-aircraft missile systems, 25,068 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,591 multiple rocket launchers, 29,497 field artillery and mortars, 41,604 pieces of special vehicles.

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