Map of the special operation in Ukraine on November 19

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 19 in the Izvestia material.

In response to the terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, this morning the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles at military-industrial complex and energy facilities that provided their operation, as well as warehouses of unmanned aerial vehicles. long-range vehicles in the western regions of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense reported that the targets of the strike had been achieved, and all designated targets had been hit.

The North group of troops defeated formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in a number of settlements in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 130 people, an infantry fighting vehicle, six vehicles, an electronic warfare station and seven material depots.

Units of the Zapad group of forces improved their position along the front line and defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine formations in the Kharkiv region and the DPR. Russian soldiers continued to destroy the encircled enemy in Kupyansk, and two blocking attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled. The enemy's losses amounted to over 220 soldiers, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles and two field artillery guns. Eight electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

The southern group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a number of settlements of the DPR. Over 195 militants, a tank, 24 vehicles and an artillery piece were destroyed. Four electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots and four fuel depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the Center group of forces improved their tactical situation and defeated the Ukrainian formations in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. In the Red Army of the DPR, Russian soldiers continue to destroy the encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five blocking attacks using armored vehicles were repelled. In the village of Dimitrov, Donetsk People's Republic, the assault detachments of the 51st army 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 470 soldiers, a tank, six armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles.

The Vostok group of troops continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Formations of two assault brigades and four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of settlements of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The enemy lost up to 255 militants, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, a 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system and an electronic warfare station.

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 Orekhov, Primorskoye and Stepnogorsk, Zaporizhia region. Up to 70 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, a field artillery piece, eight electronic warfare stations and two material depots were destroyed.

Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two MLRS multiple launch rocket launchers manufactured by the United States, damaged Ukrainian energy and railway 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 144 areas.

Four ATACMS tactical missiles, seven guided aerial bombs and 93 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems. Two unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by the forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet in the northeastern part of the Black Sea.

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, 97,396 unmanned aerial vehicles, 636 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26,106 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,615 multiple rocket launchers, 31398 field artillery guns and mortars, 47101 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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