Map of the special operation in Ukraine on September 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 the map of military operations for September 24 in the Izvestia material.

The Northern group of troops defeated four mechanized brigades and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Alekseevka, Varachino, Novaya Sich, Pavlovka and Khrapovshchina in the Sumy region. Units of Ukrainian militants in the areas of the settlements of Bochkovo, Volchansk and Okhrimovka in the Kharkiv region were also hit. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 130 militants, five vehicles and two artillery pieces, including a 155-mm TRF1 howitzer made in France. A counter-battery warfare radar station and an ammunition depot were hit.

Units of the Zapad group of forces continued their advance in the Kharkiv region, and Russian military personnel took control of 115 buildings in the city of Kupyansk. In addition, the liberation of the village of Kirovsk in the DPR is coming to an end, where the Russian Armed Forces stormtroopers have reached the northwestern outskirts. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 230 military personnel, a British-made Snatch armored fighting vehicle, 14 vehicles and three field artillery guns.

The South group of troops improved their position along the front line and continued to destroy the enemy, who was blocked in the DPR south of the Kleban-Byk reservoir. During the day, more than 4.5 square kilometers of territory were liberated in this area. Ukrainian Armed Forces units were hit in the areas of the settlements of Ivanopolye, Ilyinovka, Konstantinovka, Nelepovka and Seversk in the DPR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 215 people, a tank, three armored fighting vehicles, six vehicles and six field artillery guns. Three electronic warfare (EW) stations, five ammunition, fuel and materiel depots were destroyed.

The central group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and frontiers, and also defeated Ukrainian formations in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Krasny Liman, Novopavlovka, Petrovka, Rodinskoye and Torskoye in the DPR. The enemy's losses amounted to 535 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, two artillery pieces and a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defense and defeated the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the marine brigade in the areas of the settlements of Malomikhailovka, Dnipropetrovsk region, Novogrigorovka, Poltavka and Uspenovka, Zaporizhia region. The enemy lost up to 315 men, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored fighting vehicles, 10 vehicles and three artillery installations.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Kamyshevakha, Lukyanovskoye, Zaporizhia region, as well as Verovka and Veseloe, Kherson region. Up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored car, four vehicles, two artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated an electrical substation that provides work to enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the production workshops of the Motor Sich enterprise, storage and launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries. in 136 districts. The forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed two boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with an amphibious assault in the northwestern part of the water area.

During the day, seven guided aerial bombs and 202 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

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Since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 667 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 86,435 unmanned aerial vehicles, 630 anti-aircraft missile systems, 25,233 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,592 multiple launch rocket systems, 29,888 field artillery guns and 42,513 units of special military vehicles.

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