Map of special operations in Ukraine on December 30

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 30 in the Izvestiya piece.

The units of the "Center" group of troops liberated the settlement of Novovolenovka in the DNR, the units of the Southern group of troops occupied more favorable lines, and in the area of responsibility of the "West" the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 530 servicemen, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, and four armored personnel carriers.

"The units of the grouping of troops "East" continued advancing deep into the enemy's defense, defeated the formations of three mechanized brigades of the AFU and a brigade of terro-defense in the areas of the settlements of Dneproenergiya, Bogatyr, Zelenoye Pole and Neskuchne of the Donetsk People's Republic", - stated in the report of the Ministry of Defense.

In addition, the ministry added that tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces' groups of troops hit energy facilities that support the work of enterprises of Ukraine's military-industrial complex, infrastructure of military airfields, storage warehouses, control points and launch sites of attack drones, as well as accumulations of AFU manpower and military equipment in 143 areas.

The air defense also shot down four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 65 aircraft-type drones.

In total, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 38,878 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,103 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,504 multiple rocket launchers, 20,093 field artillery and mortar guns, 29,644 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.