Map of the special operation in Ukraine on July 1

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 July 1 in the Izvestia material.

The North group of troops liberated the Ukrainian settlement in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the actions of Russian servicemen, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost up to 200 militants, a tank, an HMMWV armored car, 10 pickups, two artillery pieces, a RAK-SA-12 multiple rocket launcher and a RADA counter-battery radar station.

In addition, the Zapad group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the settlements of Podliman, Chervony Oskol, Maleevka, Kharkiv region, and Lozove DPR. In Krasny Liman, assault detachments continue to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the northwestern part of the settlement. Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division captured three enemy strongholds and occupied 47 buildings.

It is noted that when Russian soldiers tried to restore the crossing of the Seversky Donets River near the settlement of Mayaki, up to 20 militants and engineering equipment were destroyed. In total, enemy losses in the area of responsibility of the Zapad group of forces amounted to 200 militants.

"The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Kopani, Zaporizhia region. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, two assault, two amphibious assault brigades, four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of the Dnipropetrovsk region, <...>...> of the Zaporizhia region, "— stated in the summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, defeated fuel and energy infrastructure facilities, transport infrastructure, fuel depots, a logistics center used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a workshop for the production of engines for Neptun cruise missiles and their storage, long-range drone training and launch sites, and There are also temporary locations of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 districts.

In turn, air defense systems shot down seven guided aerial bombs, a long-range tactical missile and 602 aircraft-type drones. The forces of the Black Sea Fleet in the central part of the Black Sea destroyed two unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 673 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 172,573 UAVs, 664 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,985 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,751 multiple rocket launchers, 35,585 field artillery and mortars, 65,333 pieces of special vehicles.

Watch more relevant videos and details about the situation in Donbass on the Izvestia TV channel