Map of the special operation in Ukraine on November 8th

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 8 in the Izvestia material.

In response to the terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime on civilian targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Russian army, using high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), inflicted a massive blow on enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex and facilities of the gas and energy complex of Ukraine that provided their work.

The Vostok group of troops has completed the liberation of the Volchye settlement in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of the actions of Russian servicemen, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 285 militants, three armored combat vehicles and 14 vehicles. In addition, in the Kupyansk area in the Kharkiv region, assault detachments continue to destroy the encircled enemy group. The Russian army repelled two attacks by Ukrainian units from Osinovo in order to unblock the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the area of the Petrovka settlement, an attempt by an enemy assault group to break through to the destroyed Oskol River crossing in order to restore it was stopped.

"In the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, the assault groups of the 2nd army continued to destroy the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the eastern part of the Central District and in the western industrial zone, as well as clearing the settlements of Gnatovka and Rog of the Donetsk People's Republic from Ukrainian militants. 39 buildings were liberated during the day. <...> An attempt by the militants of the 32nd mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break out of the encirclement in the northern direction was thwarted. In the village of Dimitrov, Donetsk People's Republic, units of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army continue active offensive operations," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, defeated transport infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts. In turn, air defense systems shot down two guided aerial bombs and 178 aircraft-type drones.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 95,554 UAVs, 635 anti-aircraft missile systems, 25,907 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,611 multiple rocket launchers, 31,166 field artillery and mortars, 46,163 pieces of special vehicles.

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