Map of the special operation in Ukraine on March 15

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 15 in the Izvestia material.

Units of the North group of forces occupied more advantageous positions and defeated formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy's losses amounted to 250 people, an armored combat vehicle, a Tunguska anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex combat vehicle, 10 vehicles and a 155-millimeter Bogdana self-propelled artillery installation. A counter-battery warfare radar station and nine material depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the Zapad group of forces improved their position along the front line. The Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades were defeated in the area of settlements in the Kharkiv region and the DPR. Up to 200 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles and three artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones, were destroyed. The American-made AN/TPQ-50 and Israeli-made RADA counter-battery radars, as well as four ammunition depots, were destroyed.

The southern group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and frontiers and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a number of settlements of the DPR. The enemy lost more than 200 militants, three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and three field artillery pieces. The US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, an electronic reconnaissance station, an ammunition depot, two fuel depots and six material depots were destroyed.

The group of troops "Center" has improved the tactical situation. Ukrainian formations in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region were hit. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 295 people, two armored personnel carriers, 11 armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles and four artillery pieces.

The military personnel of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The enemy lost more than 310 soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles and two artillery pieces.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. Up to 60 militants, 11 vehicles, two field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station, and three fuel and materiel depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the facilities of the energy and transport infrastructure of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, training and launching sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas.

Two Neptune long-range guided missiles, four guided aerial bombs, 12 US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 605 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

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According to the Ministry of Defense, a total of 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 123,500 unmanned aerial vehicles, 652 anti-aircraft missile systems, 28,276 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,690 multiple rocket launchers, 33,864 field artillery and mortars, 56,811 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation. technicians.

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