Map of the special operation in Ukraine on November 17th

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 17 in the Izvestia material.

As a result of active actions, the North group of troops liberated the village of Dvurechanskoye in the Kharkiv region. Formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were also defeated in a number of settlements in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 150 men, two armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles and a field artillery piece. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

Units of the Zapad group of forces improved their position along the front line and continued to destroy the encircled enemy in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region. During the day, two attempts of counterattacks by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were thwarted. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 230 soldiers, a tank, three armored fighting vehicles, 24 vehicles, and a 105-mm L-119 howitzer made in Great Britain. Four ammunition depots and 10 electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

As a result of decisive actions, the southern group of troops liberated the village of Platonovka in the DPR, and enemy manpower and equipment were also defeated in a number of settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 210 fighters, two armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, a field artillery piece, two electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot.

The military personnel of the Center group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses, and also continued to destroy the encircled militants in Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov. The Russian Armed Forces repelled five counterattacks by units of the 425th Skala Assault Regiment and the 32nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in a number of settlements of the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, enemy losses amounted to 490 people, four armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and a field artillery piece.

As a result of decisive actions, the Vostok group of troops liberated the village of Guy in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukrainian Armed Forces units were defeated in a number of settlements in the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The enemy lost over 215 militants, two armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles and three field artillery pieces.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Belogorye, Orekhov and Stepnogorsk, Zaporizhia region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 80 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, two field artillery guns, six electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot and five material depots.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the facilities of the fuel and energy complex and railway infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.

104 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems.

Autumn leaflets: how a unit of Ukrainian Marines surrendered

The enemy was surrounded for two weeks without food at Dimitrov's and laid down his arms after seeing the Russian instructions for surrender.

According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 97097 unmanned aerial vehicles, 636 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26071 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1613 multiple rocket launchers, 31363 field artillery and mortars, 46914 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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