Map of the special operation in Ukraine on July 1

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 July 1 in the Izvestia material.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that in the Kharkiv direction, the Russian Army defeated units of a mechanized brigade of Ukrainian troops and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Okhrimovka, Ogurtsovo, Olkhovatka and Volchansk in the Kharkiv region.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost up to 180 soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, four field artillery guns and a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).

Also, air defense systems destroyed three British Storm Shadow cruise missiles, five JDAM guided aerial bombs and three HIMARS MLRS made in the United States, as well as 173 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs.

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In total, 663 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 66,477 drones, 612 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), 24,101 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,573 MLRS combat vehicles, 26,812 field artillery and mortars, 37,524 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the military operation.