Map of the special operation in Ukraine on September 7

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 September 7 in the Izvestia material.

The Vostok group of troops liberated the village of Blagoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of the actions of the Russian military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost up to 200 militants, four armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, three artillery pieces, and a warehouse of materiel. In addition, the North group of forces improved the tactical situation, the units of the West group of forces occupied more advantageous positions and hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the Kharkiv region.

"The units of the Center group of forces have advanced into the depth of the enemy's defenses. The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airborne, amphibious assault, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and a defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Veseloe, Novonikolayevka, Artemovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Vladimirovka and Kutuzovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 460 soldiers, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, defeated objects of the military-industrial complex and transport infrastructure of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, sites for the assembly, storage and launch of long-range drones, warehouses of weapons and military equipment, military airfields, two radar stations of air defense, and There are also temporary locations of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 149 districts. In turn, air defense systems shot down three guided aerial bombs, three HIMARS multiple rocket launchers made in the USA and 210 aircraft-type drones.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost 666 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 82,250 UAVs, 627 anti-aircraft missile systems, 24,992 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,590 multiple rocket launchers, 29,337 field artillery and mortars, 41,243 pieces of special vehicles.

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