Map of the special operation in Ukraine on February 21

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 February 21 in the Izvestia material.

Units of the North group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 215 people, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots and five material depots.

Units of the Zapad group of forces liberated the settlement of Karpovka in the DPR as a result of active actions. Enemy formations were defeated in a number of DPR settlements. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 170 soldiers, two Cossack armored fighting vehicles, three artillery pieces, including two 155-mm M777 howitzers made in the USA and 21 vehicles. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.

The southern group of troops has improved its position along the front line. Russian military personnel defeated the enemy in the settlements of the DPR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 110 militants, two armored combat vehicles and eight vehicles. Two ammunition depots and two material depots were destroyed.

The Center group of troops took more advantageous positions and lines and hit the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The enemy's losses amounted to 350 people, seven armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and two artillery pieces.

The military personnel of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and defeated the enemy in a number of settlements in the Zaporizhia region. The enemy lost up to 370 fighters, a tank, an armored combat vehicle and 18 vehicles.

The units of the Dnepr group of forces have improved their tactical situation. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Yulevka, Kamyshevakha, Grigorovka, Zaporizhia region and Antonovka, Kherson region. Up to 50 military personnel, 15 vehicles, a 155-mm M777 howitzer made in the USA, three electronic warfare stations and a warehouse of materiel were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed a transport-loading vehicle of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system manufactured in the United States, damaged long-range cruise missile launchers "Flamingo", objects of the transport and energy infrastructure of Ukraine used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assembly, storage and pre-flight training sites long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 141 districts.

Air defense systems shot down a guided aerial bomb, seven US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, five Flamingo long-range cruise missiles and 172 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

Threshold check: Russian troops have approached the outskirts of Zaporizhia

Disruption of transport arteries in the city area will worsen the situation of a large enemy group in the south of its zone

According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 670 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 115937 unmanned aerial vehicles, 650 anti-aircraft missile systems, 27790 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1670 combat vehicles with multiple rocket launchers, 33400 field artillery and mortars, 54938 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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