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 the Russian Federation, Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as view a map of military operations for the week from October 25 to October 31 in the Izvestia material.

In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces carried out massive and five group strikes with long-range precision weapons based on land, air and sea, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

As a result of the strikes, enterprises of the military industry of Ukraine and energy facilities that provided their work, transport infrastructure, rolling stock used to transport weapons and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), military airfields, arsenals, assembly shops for Flamingo cruise missiles and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, storage facilities for unmanned aerial vehicles. boats (BACK), as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position and defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine formations in the area of settlements in the Sumy region and in the Kharkiv direction. The enemy's losses during the week amounted to 1,320 militants, two tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 73 vehicles and 13 field artillery guns. 13 electronic warfare and counter-battery warfare stations, 29 ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

As a result of decisive actions, the Zapad group of troops liberated the village of Sadovoye in the Kharkiv region. In the Kupyansk area of the Kharkiv region, the destruction of the encircled AFU group continued. The cleansing of scattered enemy groups in the area of the settlements of Petropavlovsk and Kurilovka, Kharkiv region, is being completed. Six attempts by Ukrainian militants to unblock the encircled units were thwarted. In the area of responsibility of the Zapad group of forces, the enemy lost over 1,600 soldiers, 28 tanks and armored fighting vehicles, 137 vehicles, and 10 field artillery pieces. 27 ammunition depots, 44 electronic warfare and counter-battery warfare stations were destroyed.

The military personnel of the southern group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower and equipment were defeated. During the week, enemy losses in this area amounted to more than 1,330 militants, 40 tanks and armored fighting vehicles, including three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers. 27 field artillery guns were destroyed, seven of them Western-made, 123 vehicles, 13 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, 24 ammunition depots, fuel and materiel.

The units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the front line. In the area of Krasnoarmeysk, the Russian Armed Forces continued to destroy the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, expanding control of the territory in the area of the railway station. The cleansing of the Gnatovka settlement in the DPR is coming to an end. Russian attack aircraft also gained a foothold in the village of Rog in the DPR. Four attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to unblock the encircled units were thwarted. In the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the enemy lost over 3,520 people, 27 armored combat vehicles, 30 vehicles and eight field artillery guns.

The Vostok group of troops continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. The settlements of Novorokolayevka, Krasnogorskoye, Privolnoye in the Zaporizhia region, as well as Egorovka, Vishnevoye and Novoaleksandrovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region were liberated. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,950 military personnel, 14 armored combat vehicles and 108 vehicles. 11 field artillery guns, seven electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades and two coastal defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 395 people, four armored combat vehicles, 77 vehicles and three field artillery guns. 19 electronic warfare stations, nine ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

During the week, air defense systems shot down 17 guided aerial bombs, 10 US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket launchers, two Neptune long-range guided missiles and 1,701 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

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According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, since the beginning of the special military operation, 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 93879 unmanned aerial vehicles, 633 anti-aircraft missile systems, 25773 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1608 multiple rocket launchers, 30943 guns of field artillery and mortars, 45383 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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