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 February 15 to 21 - in the Izvestiya piece.

The Russian Armed Forces carried out 11 group strikes with long-range air, land and sea-based precision weapons and strike drones, which hit gas and energy and port infrastructure facilities, as well as power substations that support the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.

"The units of the "West" troop grouping with active actions liberated the settlements of Figolevka in the Kharkiv region and Yampolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the Defense Ministry said.

The units of the "Center" group of troops continued advancing deep into the enemy's defense, liberated the settlements of Berezovka and Nadezhdinka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the units of the "Dnepr" group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades, three brigades of the AFU coastal defense and two brigades of tera defense.

"During the week air defense means shot down two MiG-29 aircraft of the air forces of Ukraine, two guided aerial bombs JDAM and 36 rockets of multiple launch rocket system HIMARS produced by the United States, 17 guided aerial bombs "Hammer" produced by France, a rocket of multiple launch rocket system "Uragan", anti-ship missile "Neptune" converted to hit ground targets, as well as 790 unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft type", - noted in the Ministry of Defense.

In total, 655 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 44,132 unmanned aerial vehicles, 596 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,688 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,521 multiple rocket launchers, 21,926 field artillery and mortars, 32,005 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.

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