Map of the special operation in Ukraine on April 19

A special military operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass has been conducted 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 April 19 in the Izvestia material.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the village of Shevchenko in the DPR. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the group's area of responsibility amounted to over 365 military personnel, eight armored combat vehicles, including the American HMMWV armored car and the M113 armored personnel carrier, and two tanks.

Units of the Center group of Forces improved their position along the front line and eliminated up to 350 Ukrainian soldiers, two field artillery guns, five vehicles, a US-made AN/TPQ-48 counterbattery warfare station and six armored combat vehicles, including a German Marder infantry fighting vehicle, a French VAB armored personnel carrier, an HMMWV armored vehicle and an armored personnel carrier. M113.

In addition, the air defense forces destroyed three HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and six US-made JDAM guided aerial bombs, as well as 151 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

Aetheric plan: A system has been created to detect enemy radars on the front line

It will connect dozens and hundreds of electronic intelligence systems into a single circuit.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 661 aircraft, 23,874 field artillery and mortar guns, 283 helicopters, 604 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,947 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,542 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 34,352 units of special military vehicles and 52,743 unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed.

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