Map of the special operation in Ukraine on March 5

Special military operation to protect civilians Donbas has been held by Russia since February 24, 2022. You can track the progress of the joint forces of Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as view the map of military operations on March 5 in February in the Izvestia material.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that units of the Vostok group of forces liberated the village of Privolnoye in the DPR. Russian fighters also defeated formations of three mechanized, jaeger brigades, and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces Ukraine (AFU), two air defense brigades and a National Guard brigade in the settlements of the DPR, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 175 militants, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, four vehicles and four field artillery pieces, including the Polish-made American self-propelled artillery units Paladin and Krab.

In addition, six JDAM guided aerial bombs manufactured by air defense systems have been eliminated USA and 51 aircraft-type UAVs.

Purpose and instructions: UAV divisions have been created in artillery brigades

Drones have significantly increased the effectiveness of Russian accounting

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 45,318 UAVs, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM), 21,989 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,523 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), 22,286 field artillery and mortars, 32,455 units of special equipment have been destroyed. military vehicles.

Watch more relevant videos and details about the situation in Donbass on the Izvestia TV channel.