Summary of special operations in Ukraine for the week

A special military operation to protect civilians in Donbas has been carried out by Russia since February 24, 2022. You can track the progress of the joint troops of Russia, the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DNR and LNR), as well as see a map of military operations for a week - from November 23 to 29 - in the Izvestia piece.

The Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive and 32 group strikes with high-precision weapons of air, sea, land-based and strike drones on energy facilities that support the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, all targets were hit.

"In addition, two launchers with experimental ballistic missiles "Grom-2" were destroyed, as well as a launcher and transport-loading vehicle of the Ukrainian anti-ship complex "Neptun"," - stated in the message of the department.

Units of the "West" group of forces liberated the settlement of Kopanki in Kharkiv region, units of the "Center" group of forces took control of Novaya Ilyinka and Vorovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and units of the "East" group of forces liberated the settlement of Razdolnoye.

The Defense Ministry said that during the week 34 Ukrainian servicemen were captured on the line of contact, including 17 in the Kursk direction.

Air defense means shot down a long-range guided missile Neptune, ten operational-tactical missiles ATACMS, 15 guided aerial bombs Hammer and JDAM of American manufacture, two rockets HIMARS and 353 drones of aircraft type.

A total of 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 36,913 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,562 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,497 multiple rocket launchers, 18,708 field artillery and mortars, and 28,868 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.

For more up-to-date video and details on the situation in Donbas, see Izvestiya TV channel.