Map of special operations in Ukraine on January 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 January 15 in the Izvestiya piece.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Center group of troops had liberated the village of Ukrainka in the DNR. At the same time, they defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbinovka, Shevchenko, Dzerzhinsk, Slavyanka, Novovasilevka, Tarasovka, Baranovka, Vozdvizhenka, Petrovka, Lysovka, Petropavlovka and Novoelezavetovka.

In this direction, the enemy lost over 560 soldiers, a German Leopard tank, four armored fighting vehicles, six vehicles and six artillery pieces.

In addition, air defense assets shot down two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 10 shells of the American HIMARS multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS) and 85 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Offensive initiative: major victories of the Russian army in the NWO zone over the year

Russian Armed Forces launched attacks and liberated strategically important towns in the DNR

A total of 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,480 UAVs, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,539 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,509 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,630 field artillery and mortars, and 30,305 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.