Map of the special operation in Ukraine on March 4

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 March 4 in the Izvestia material.

Units of the North group of forces improved their position along the front line and defeated formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 215 men, a tank, 14 vehicles and two artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots and six material depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the Zapad group of forces have improved their tactical situation. Enemy manpower and equipment were defeated in a number of settlements in the Kharkiv region. The enemy's losses amounted to 180 soldiers, an armored personnel carrier, three armored combat vehicles, 16 vehicles and two 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 also hit Ukrainian formations in the areas of the DPR settlements. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 135 militants, two armored personnel carriers, 12 vehicles and an electronic warfare station. Nine ammunition, fuel and materiel depots were destroyed.

The Center group of troops has taken more advantageous positions and frontiers. The manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades in the Dnipropetrovsk region and the DPR were defeated. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 290 people, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles, four field artillery guns, including a 155 mm M777 howitzer made in the USA, 11 vehicles and an electronic warfare station.

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 the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 285 soldiers, two armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, a 155 mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system and an electronic warfare station.

The units of the Dnepr group of forces have improved their tactical situation. The manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kirovo, Zaporizhia region. Up to 45 Ukrainian militants, an armored combat vehicle, 19 vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots and two material depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the training and launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, an ammunition depot, energy and transport facilities used in the interests of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries. in 149 districts.

Nine guided aerial bombs and 204 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

Danger-free belt: The Russian Armed Forces are breaking into the defense in four directions

The offensive in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions allows us to push back the front line and protect peaceful cities from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 670 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 119,360 unmanned aerial vehicles, 651 anti-aircraft missile systems, 28,014 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,680 multiple rocket launchers, 33616 field artillery guns and mortars, 55,826 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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