Map of the special operation in Ukraine on August 24

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 24 in the Izvestia material.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that units of the Center group of forces liberated the village of Filia in the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of offensive actions. In the area of operation of the group of forces, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) amounted to 420 soldiers, two ammunition depots, two artillery pieces, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles and a counter-battery station.

In addition, aviation, drone strike operators, artillery and missile forces hit the production workshop and warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles, the storage site for operational and tactical Sapsan missiles, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations in 146 districts.

In addition, air defense systems eliminated 172 aircraft-type drones and three rockets from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

Close environment: how Russian troops cut off the supply routes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Pokrovsk

The Russian Armed Forces use "infiltration" tactics and disrupt enemy rotations

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 665 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 24755 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 40314 units of special military vehicles, 1588 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 28,873 field artillery and mortars, 79322 unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed.

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