Map of the special operation in Ukraine on October 30

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 October 30 in the Izvestia material.

In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, last night the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, energy infrastructure facilities that ensure their operation, and military airfields. All designated facilities were hit.

The North group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Andreevka and Kondratovka, Sumy region. In the Kharkiv direction, formations of Ukrainian militants were hit in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Volchansk Farms of the Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 soldiers, two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles and three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare (EW) station, as well as an ammunition depot, were destroyed.

As a result of active and decisive actions, the military personnel of the Western group of forces liberated the village of Sadovoye in the Kharkiv region. The Russian Armed Forces stopped two attempts by the 92nd assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch counterattacks from the village of Petrovka in the Kharkiv region to unblock the encircled enemy units. The AFU formations in the Kharkiv region and the DPR were also defeated. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 230 military personnel, three armored vehicles, 23 vehicles and two field artillery guns. The US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar, five electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. Formations of two mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a marine brigade were defeated in a number of settlements of the DPR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle and four field artillery guns. The US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, two electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot and two material depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the Center group of forces improved their position along the front line and continued to destroy the encircled Ukrainian militants in the village of Krasnoarmeysk. Also, units of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st army continued to tighten the encirclement of the enemy group from the east, expanding the control zone in the northern and southeastern parts of the settlement of Dimitrov in the DPR. In the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, enemy losses amounted to 510 soldiers, an armored personnel carrier Bucephalus, two armored vehicles, three pickup trucks and a field artillery piece.

The Vostok group of troops continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and liberated the Krasnogorskoye settlement of the Zaporizhia region. Ukrainian formations were defeated in areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 265 soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, 19 vehicles, a 155-mm M777 howitzer made in the USA and a 122 mm D-30 howitzer.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Antonovka, Kherson region, Orekhov and Preobrazhenka, Zaporizhia region. Up to 80 military personnel, two artillery pieces, 13 vehicles, four electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the assembly and storage sites of long-range attack UAVs, railway infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, missile and artillery weapons storage depots, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces in 142 areas.

Air defense systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs, three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 192 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

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According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 93,479 UAVs, 633 anti-aircraft missile systems, 25,753 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,608 multiple rocket launchers, 30,912 field artillery and mortars, 45,303 pieces of special vehicles.

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