Map of the special operation in Ukraine on February 23

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 February 23 in the Izvestia material.

Units of the North group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, as well as defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 225 people, 11 vehicles, four field artillery guns, a Verba multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle and four material depots.

The military personnel of the Zapad group of forces improved their tactical situation and hit Ukrainian formations in a number of DPR settlements. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 soldiers, four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, 18 vehicles and four artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

The southern group of troops improved the situation along the front line and defeated the enemy in the areas of the DPR settlements. The Ukrainian formations lost over 140 militants, six armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles, and five field artillery pieces, including four Western-made ones. Two electronic warfare stations and three material depots were destroyed.

The Center group of troops has taken more advantageous positions and frontiers. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower and equipment were defeated in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 390 people, six armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and an artillery piece.

The military personnel of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and hit the AFU formations in the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The enemy lost up to 355 soldiers, five armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles and four field artillery pieces.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces 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 Kirovo and Kamyshevakha, Zaporizhia region. More than 50 militants, 15 vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated transport, energy and fuel 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 148 areas.

Air defense systems shot down seven guided aerial bombs, 21 US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, a long-range guided missile "Neptune" and 541 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, 116,804 unmanned aerial vehicles, 650 anti-aircraft missile systems, 27,835 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,671 multiple rocket launchers, 33,445 field artillery and mortars, 55,079 units of special military equipment have been destroyed. automotive equipment.

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