Summary of the special operation in Ukraine for the week

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 the Russian Federation, Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as view a map of military operations for the week from December 6 to December 12 in the Izvestia material.

In response to Kiev's terrorist attacks on civilian targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Russian Armed Forces (AF) launched massive and five group strikes, which affected enterprises of the military industry of Ukraine, facilities of the fuel and energy complex that provided their work, transport, airfield and port infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian army, assembly shops, storage, pre-flight training and launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), fuel depots and military equipment, as well as temporary deployment sites for enemy armed formations and foreign mercenaries.

During the week, the Russian army decisively liberated the Liman settlement in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the actions of Russian military personnel, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost over 1,400 militants, a tank, eight armored combat vehicles, 72 vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, two radar stations for counter-battery warfare, 18 ammunition depots and materiel. In addition, Russian troops liberated the settlements of Kurilovka and Kucherovka in the Kharkiv region, Seversk, Rovnoye and Chervonoye in the DPR.

"The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlement of Ostapovskoye, Dnipropetrovsk region... During the week in the area of responsibility of the Vostok group of forces, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,580 military personnel, 26 armored combat vehicles, 78 vehicles, eight field artillery guns, four electronic warfare stations, three ammunition and materiel depots. Units of the Dnepr group of forces liberated the settlement of Novodanilovka, Zaporizhia region," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian army used aviation, attack drones, missiles and artillery to destroy four combat vehicles with multiple launch rocket systems and an anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In turn, air defense systems shot down three guided aerial bombs, 27 HIMARS multiple rocket launcher shells, five Neptune long-range guided missiles and 1,756 aircraft-type drones.

Also, over the past week, the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, and the forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the central part of the Black Sea.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost 669 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 102,178 UAVs, 639 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26,506 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,630 multiple rocket launchers, 31,857 field artillery and mortars, and 48,863 special vehicles.

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