Map of the special operation in Ukraine on December 31

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 the map of military operations for December 31 in the Izvestia material.

Units of the Zapad group of forces defeated two mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and two National Guard brigades in the areas of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Prokopovka, Palamarevka, Kovsharovka, Monachinovka and Hrushevka settlements of the Kharkiv region. In the Kupyansk direction, three attacks by the 92nd assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 15th brigade of the National Guard in the areas of Nechvolodovka and Blagodatovka were repelled during the day in order to break into Kupyansk. The total enemy losses in the group's area of responsibility for the day amounted to 190 military personnel, a Cossack armored car and 16 vehicles.

"The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. The manpower and equipment of the mechanized assault brigades and four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Boykovo, Zaliznichnoye, Ternovatoye, Zaporizhia region, Velikomikhailovka and Bratskoye, Dnipropetrovsk region," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

In addition, aircraft, attack drones, rocket troops and artillery of the Russian Army hit energy facilities used in the interests of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, a fuel depot, as well as temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries in 144 areas. The air Defense forces, in turn, shot down 371 enemy drones.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 669 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 106,194 unmanned aerial vehicles, 641 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26,815 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,634 multiple rocket launchers, 32,275 field artillery and mortars, as well as 50,464 units of special military equipment. automotive equipment.

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