Map of the special operation in Ukraine on July 5

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 5 in the Izvestia material.

According to the Ministry of Defense, units of the North group of forces in the Sumy region have improved their position along the front line. The military defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, amphibious assault brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Khrapovshchina, Kondratovka, Bessalovka, Sadki, Novaya Sich and Andreevka of the Sumy region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles, five field artillery guns and three ammunition depots.

The Center group of troops, in turn, occupied more advantageous lines and positions. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in this area amounted to up to 440 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle and five field artillery guns.

Two launchers and two AN/MPQ-65 radar stations of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by the United States were destroyed by operational and tactical aircraft, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the infrastructure of military airfields, fuel depots and military equipment depots, an assembly shop and storage sites for strike unmanned aerial vehicles were damaged. aircraft, as well as points of temporary deployment of formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.

A US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket, a long-range guided missile "Neptune", as well as three guided aerial bombs and 371 drones were shot down by air defense systems.

Since the beginning of the special military operation, 663 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 67,349 unmanned aerial vehicles, 614 anti-aircraft missile systems, 24,137 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,575 multiple rocket launchers, 26,993 field artillery and mortars, 37,677 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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