Summary of the special operation in Ukraine for the week

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 for the week from August 2 to August 8 in the Izvestia material.

During the week, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out seven group strikes on gas transportation system facilities that support the work of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, transport infrastructure, the territorial acquisition center, control points and warehouses of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the infrastructure of a military airfield, a workshop for the production of unmanned boats and points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian armed formations., nationalists and foreign mercenaries.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the settlement of Alexandro-Kalinovo in the DPR. During the week, as a result of military actions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 1,075 militants, a tank, 13 armored combat vehicles, 20 field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots.

"As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the Vostok group of forces liberated the settlement of January in the Dnipropetrovsk region. <...> The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to over 1,530 military personnel, two tanks, nine armored combat vehicles, 51 vehicles, 11 field artillery pieces, including two Western—made," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Russian Federation.

Air defense systems, in turn, shot down eight British-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles, ten American-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, nine guided aerial bombs and 1,508 drones in a week. In addition, the forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed three unmanned enemy boats in the Black Sea.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 664 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 75,356 UAVs, 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 24,485 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,584 multiple rocket launchers, 28,283 field artillery and mortars, and 39,290 special vehicles.

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