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 July 18 to 24 in the Izvestia material.

During the week, the Russian Armed Forces carried out massive and 18 group strikes with high-precision long-range air and ground-based weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and hit the infrastructure facilities of the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk, Yuzhny, Izmail and Nikolaev, used for unloading and storing military cargo, as well as fuel and lubricants..

In addition, Russian troops struck 27 naval vessels used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including 16 dry cargo ships, 10 bulk carriers and a container ship. The damage was also inflicted on enterprises of the military-industrial complex in Kiev and the Kiev region, logistics centers, fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, production and storage sites for long-range drones and unmanned boats, ammunition depots, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries.

The North group of troops established control over the settlements of Zakharovka, Ivashkino Volokhovskoye and Artelnoye in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the actions of the Russian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,695 militants, a tank, 17 armored combat vehicles, 97 vehicles, 13 field artillery guns and two Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles.

"As a result of decisive actions, units of the Center group of forces liberated the settlement of Lenin (Mirnoye) and the city of Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic. <...> Units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Volnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Blagodatnoye in the Zaporizhia region," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement..

In turn, air defense systems shot down 71 guided aerial bombs, 23 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, 13 Flamingo cruise missiles, two Neptune long-range guided missiles, and 5,249 aircraft-type drones. The forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed seven 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, 188,415 UAVs, 667 anti-aircraft missile systems, 30,286 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,765 multiple rocket launchers, 35,886 field artillery and mortars, 67,326 pieces of special vehicles.

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