Map of the special operation in Ukraine on December 27

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 a map of military operations on December 27 in the Izvestia material.

In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, last night the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range land, air and sea-based weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles against energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). and enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Kiev regime. The targets of the strike have been achieved, and all designated targets have been hit.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical situation and defeated Ukrainian formations in a number of settlements in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 180 people, 14 vehicles and three electronic warfare (EW) stations. Two warehouses of material assets were destroyed.

Military personnel of the Zapad group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces brigades in the area of settlements of the Kharkiv region and the DPR. Three enemy counterattacks were also repelled in the Kupyansk direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 soldiers, four armored combat vehicles and 11 vehicles. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.

The southern group of troops has taken more advantageous positions and frontiers. Ukrainian formations, including the Azov brigades (recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization), were defeated in a number of DPR settlements. The enemy lost up to 115 militants, four armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles, two artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. Two ammunition depots and a material depot were destroyed.

The group of troops "Center" defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Azov special forces brigade was also hit. The enemy's losses amounted to more than 440 people, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles and two foreign-made field artillery guns.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and hit Ukrainian formations in a number of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 soldiers, a tank, nine armored combat vehicles, five vehicles and four field artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones. Three ammunition depots and two material depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the formations of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Novoandreevka of the Zaporizhia region and Otradokamenka of the Kherson region. Up to 55 Ukrainian soldiers, three vehicles, two artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the production sites of attack drones, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 154 areas.

78 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

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According to the Ministry of Defense, a total of 669 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 105,295 unmanned aerial vehicles, 640 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26,747 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,634 multiple rocket launchers, 32,205 field artillery and mortars, 50,143 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation. technicians.

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