Map of special operations in Ukraine on December 15

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 15 in the Izvestiya piece.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position and also defeated the enemy in the area of the settlements of Kutkovka, Dvurechnaya, Zagryzovo, Lozovaya, Borovaya, Kovsharovka, Kupyansk, Glushkovka in Kharkiv region and Serebryansky forestry. The enemy lost more than 550 servicemen, as well as transport and weapons.

In addition, two settlements in the DNR - Vesely Gai and Pushkino - were liberated during the day.

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Units of the Dnipro group of troops defeated the enemy near the settlements of Novoandreyevka, Malaya Tokmachka and Novopavlovka in the Zaporizhzhya region. Ukraine lost up to 70 military personnel, as well as an ammunition depot and weapons.

The Defense Ministry added that Russia launched a group strike on the infrastructure of Ukraine's military airfields, as well as accumulations of equipment and manpower in 146 areas.

Air defense means shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight HIMARS shells and 116 UAVs.

In total, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 37,809 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,797 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,501 multiple rocket launchers, 19,644 field artillery and mortar guns, and 29,235 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.