Map of the special operation in Ukraine on November 18

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 18 in the Izvestia material.

The North group of troops liberated the Tsegelnoye settlement in the Kharkiv region. Formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were also defeated in a number of settlements in the Sumy region. The enemy lost up to 115 soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, 12 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and seven material depots.

The Western group of troops improved the situation along the front line and defeated enemy manpower and equipment in a number of settlements in the Kharkiv region and the DPR. Russian military personnel continued to destroy the encircled AFU group in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, and an attempt by Ukrainian militants to conduct a blocking attack was thwarted. The enemy's losses amounted to over 220 people, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored car, 18 vehicles and an artillery piece. 10 electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions and defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a number of settlements of the DPR. The enemy lost more than 70 militants, five armored combat vehicles, including two Western-made, 16 vehicles and two artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station, five ammunition, fuel and materiel depots were destroyed.

The units of the Center group of forces have improved their tactical situation. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine units in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. In Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR, the Russian military continued to destroy the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, six blocking attacks were repelled. In Dimitrov, the Russian Armed Forces continue active offensive operations in the residential districts of the Eastern, Western and southern parts of the city. In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, enemy losses amounted to more than 455 people, a tank, eight vehicles and an artillery piece.

Units of the Vostok group of forces advanced into the depth of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Nechayevka, Dnipropetrovsk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces units were defeated in a number of settlements in the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 350 soldiers, an armored combat vehicle and seven vehicles.

The military personnel of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Primorskoye, Zaporizhia region, Berislav and Kazatskoye, Kherson region. Up to 80 militants, four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 18 vehicles, seven electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots and two material depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have defeated the energy and railway infrastructure facilities of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a military echelon with armored vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 153 areas.

Three guided aerial bombs and 206 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, 97,303 unmanned aerial vehicles, 636 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26086 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,613 multiple rocket launchers, 31381 field artillery and mortars, 46993 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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