Map of the special operation in Ukraine on November 1

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 a map of military operations on November 1 in the Izvestia material.

The North group of troops defeated Ukrainian armed formations in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Varachino, Iskriskovshchyna, Kondratovka, Novaya Sich and Pavlovka, Sumy region, as well as in the Kharkiv direction. As a result of the actions of Russian servicemen, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 170 militants, two armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, a field artillery piece, two electronic warfare and counter-battery warfare stations, as well as six material depots.

In addition, the assault detachments of the sixth army continue to destroy the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk area of the Kharkiv region. Russian troops repelled another enemy attack in the north-west direction in order to break out of the encirclement ring, as a result, eight militants of the 16th mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated. Two attempts to unblock the encircled formations by units of the 151st mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 15th brigade of the National Guard in the areas of Petrovka and Velikaya Shapkovka settlements were also stopped, up to 20 militants were killed.

"In the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic, the assault detachments of the second army continue to destroy the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the railway station.
In addition, the cleansing of the territory of the settlements of Gnatovka and Rog of the Donetsk People's Republic from Ukrainian militants is being completed. Seven enemy attacks in the northern and north-western directions were thwarted in order to break out of the encirclement. <...> The helicopter landing of the special operations forces group was stopped. <...> All 11 people who disembarked from the helicopter were destroyed," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, defeated energy facilities that provided the work of enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of Ukraine, the infrastructure of military airfields, storage and preparation sites for launching long-range attack drones, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces in 150 areas..

In turn, air defense systems shot down four guided aerial bombs and 205 aircraft-type drones. At the same time, the forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed a crewless boat in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 94,084 UAVs, 633 anti-aircraft missile systems, 25,788 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,608 multiple rocket launchers, 30,974 field artillery and mortars, 45,448 pieces of special vehicles.

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