Map of the special operation in Ukraine on March 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 March 21 in the Izvestia material.

Russian military personnel continue their successful offensive in various directions. The units of the North group of forces have improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airmobile, amphibious assault brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Potapovka, Novaya Sich and Miropole in the Sumy region. In the Kharkiv region, units of three mechanized, motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Chuguev, Peschanoe, Kolodeznoye and Izbitskoye. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 220 soldiers, eight vehicles and a 155-millimeter M114 howitzer made in the USA.

"The units of the Zapad group of forces have improved their tactical situation. The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novoosinovo, Borovaya, Shiikovka in the Kharkiv region, Svyatogorsk and Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy's losses amounted to more than 180 military personnel, a tank and four armored combat vehicles, two of them Western—made," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The fighters of the Southern Group of Forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. Formations of four mechanized, airmobile and mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Krivaya Luka, Ilyinovka, Artyom and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 190 soldiers, seven armored combat vehicles, including a German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle and an M113 armored personnel carrier made in the United States.

The units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the front line. The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, infantry, and airborne brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, and two National Guard brigades were defeated. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 370 military personnel, 11 armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles, seven field artillery guns, including two 155-millimeter M777 howitzers manufactured by the United States.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, has defeated Ukrainian energy and transport infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, control points for unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 137 districts. Nine guided aerial bombs and 668 aircraft-type drones were shot down by air defense systems.

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Since the beginning of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 125,893 unmanned aerial vehicles, 652 anti-aircraft missile systems, 28,392 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,690 multiple rocket launchers, 33,982 field artillery and mortars, 57,407 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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