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 a map of military operations for the week from August 23 to August 29 in the Izvestia material.

During the week, the Russian army, using high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), carried out seven group strikes against enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) and military air bases of Ukraine, warehouses for the storage of operational and tactical Sapsan missiles and an oil depot supplying fuel to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

The Russian military also hit the Neptune missile system, control points, assembly, storage and launch sites for long-range drones, and temporary locations for Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.

The Zapad group of troops liberated the village of Srednoye in the DPR. As a result of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they lost more than 1.5 thousand militants, three tanks, 35 armored combat vehicles, including 15 armored vehicles manufactured by NATO countries. In addition, within a week, the Russian Armed Forces liberated the settlements of Kleban-Byk, May Day and Nelepovka in the DPR, Filia and Zaporizhia in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

"Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades. The enemy lost more than 430 military personnel, three foreign-made armored fighting vehicles, 75 vehicles and 10 field artillery pieces. 42 electronic warfare stations, 23 ammunition depots, fuel and materiel were destroyed," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian Armed Forces, using a high-speed unmanned boat, destroyed the Simferopol medium reconnaissance ship of the Ukrainian Navy at the mouth of the Danube River. Air defense systems, in turn, shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 aircraft, 18 guided aerial bombs, nine US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, a long-range guided missile "Neptune" and 1,377 drones.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 666 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 80,367 UAVs, 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 24,856 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,588 multiple rocket launchers, 29,041 field artillery and mortars, and 40,622 special vehicles.

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