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 the Russian Federation, Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as view a map of military operations for the week from November 15 to 21 in the Izvestia material.

In response to the terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, from November 15 to 21, the Russian Armed Forces carried out massive and six group strikes, as a result of which Ukrainian military industry enterprises and fuel and energy complex facilities that provided their work, transport infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), assembly sites were hit. storage and preparation for the launch of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations for Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.

In a week, the North group of troops liberated the settlements of Dvurechanskoye and Tsegelnoye in the Kharkiv region, improved the tactical situation, and defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost more than 1,155 men, a tank, nine armored combat vehicles, 85 vehicles and eight field artillery pieces. Seven electronic warfare stations and 31 ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

As a result of active actions, units of the Zapad group of forces have completed the liberation of the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, and the destruction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine formations surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River continues. The settlements of Novoselovka, Stavki, Maslyakovka, Yampol of the DPR and Petropavlovsk of the Kharkiv region were also liberated. During the week, the enemy's losses amounted to over 1,570 militants, four tanks, 32 armored combat vehicles, 133 vehicles and 13 field artillery guns. 29 ammunition depots and 58 electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

As a result of decisive actions, the military personnel of the South group of forces liberated the Platonovka settlement in the DPR and defeated the Ukrainian formations in the region. The enemy lost more than 1,195 soldiers, a tank, 21 armored fighting vehicles, 115 vehicles and 14 field artillery pieces. 12 electronic warfare stations, as well as 26 ammunition, fuel and materiel depots were destroyed.

The Center group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and continued the destruction of the encircled enemy in the village of Dimitrov in the DPR. Russian troops continue to destroy the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Central and Gornyak neighborhoods, as well as in the western industrial zone, as well as mopping up the village of Rovnoye. Six blocking attacks were repelled. During the week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 3,165 militants, four tanks, 39 armored combat vehicles, 45 vehicles, 10 field artillery guns and two electronic warfare stations.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and completed the liberation of the settlements of Guy, Nechayevka and Joyous in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Yablokovo, Ravnopolye and Veseloe in the Zaporizhia region. During the week, the enemy lost up to 1,790 men, two tanks, nine armored combat vehicles, 64 vehicles and seven field artillery guns. Four electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the Dnepr group of forces liberated the village of Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 550 soldiers, two tanks, 12 armored combat vehicles, 81 vehicles and seven field artillery guns. 46 electronic warfare stations, 28 ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

During the week, two HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launchers and two MLRS MLRS launchers manufactured in the United States were destroyed by unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The air defense forces shot down four US-made ATACMS tactical missiles, four UK-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles, 15 guided aerial bombs, four US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket launchers, two Neptune long-range guided missiles, and 1,089 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

Two unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by the forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet in the northeastern part of the Black Sea.

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According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 97,638 unmanned aerial vehicles, 637 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26156 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1618 multiple rocket launchers, 31452 field artillery and mortars, 47253 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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