Map of the special operation in Ukraine on August 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 August 19 in the Izvestia material.

Last night, the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike with precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at an oil refinery supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Donbas.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. As a result of the group's actions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 230 militants, two armored fighting vehicles, 12 vehicles and three field artillery guns manufactured by NATO countries. At the same time, the Zapad, Yuzhnaya, and Tsentralnaya groups have improved their borders and positions.

"Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka, Stepovoye, Orekhov, Chervonaya Krynitsa, Malye Shcherbaki of the Zaporizhia region and Antonovka of the Kherson region," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Operational and tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket troops and artillery of the Russian Army hit warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, a workshop for assembling long-range drones, as well as temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries in 142 districts.

Air defense systems, in turn, shot down three guided aerial bombs, a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) and 117 aircraft-type UAVs.

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According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the special operation, the Kiev regime forces lost 665 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 78,217 drones, 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 24,661 tanks and other armored personnel carriers, 1,587 MLRS combat vehicles, 28,699 field artillery and mortars, as well as 39,934 units of special military vehicles.

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