Map of special operations in Ukraine on December 7

Russia has been conducting a special military operation to protect civilians in Donbas 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 view a map of military operations as of December 7 in the Izvestiya piece.

Units of the Center group of troops liberated the settlement of Berestki in the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR); units of the East group of troops occupied more favorable lines, and in the area of responsibility of the military of the Southern group of troops, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost up to 325 military personnel, two vehicles, a 155-mm M-777 howitzer and a 105-mm M119 gun, a 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

The Defense Ministry added that units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of units of two mechanized brigades of militants and a thero-defense brigade in the areas of settlements in the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions.

"Air defense means shot down 26 unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft type," the agency said.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops of the Russian Armed Forces defeated energy facilities that support the work of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 142 areas.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 37,380 drones, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,698 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,497 multiple rocket launchers, 19,145 field artillery and mortars, 29,080 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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