Map of the special operation in Ukraine on January 12

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 January 12 in the Izvestia material.

The Dnepr group of troops liberated the village of Novoboikovskoye in the Zaporizhia region. As a result of the actions of the Russian military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost up to 50 Ukrainian militants, six vehicles and an artillery piece.

In addition, the North group of troops improved the tactical situation and defeated the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 militants, 16 vehicles, three field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, a counter-battery radar station and three material depots.

"The units of the Vostok group of forces have advanced into the depth of the enemy's defenses. The manpower and equipment of the mechanized assault brigades and three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Alexandrovka, Orly, Dnipropetrovsk region, Golubkovo, Gorky, Zaliznichnoye, Novoukrainka, Samoylovka and Shevchenkovskoye, Zaporizhia region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 soldiers," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, defeated energy and transport infrastructure facilities involved in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military airfields, an enterprise for the production and storage of long-range drones, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 157 areas.

In turn, the air defense systems shot down five guided aerial bombs, four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 52 aircraft-type drones.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost 670 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 108,458 UAVs, 645 anti-aircraft missile systems, 27,074 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,640 multiple rocket launchers, 32,517 field artillery and mortars, 51,537 pieces of special vehicles.

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