Map of the special operation in Ukraine on April 9th

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 April 9 in the Izvestia material.

Russian military personnel continue to conduct a special military operation. Units of the North group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Miropole, Novodmitrovka and Khoten, Sumy region.

In the Kharkiv region, units of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, air defense brigades and National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pokalyan, Rubezhnoye, Zybino, Liptsy, Veterinary, Volchansk Farms and Ternovaya of the Kharkiv region. The enemy lost more than 195 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, a field artillery piece, a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle and two electronic warfare stations.

The fighters of the Southern Group of Forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault, and airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Rai-Alexandrovka, Dibrova, Kramatorsk, Ilyinovka, Artyom, and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost over 175 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 16 vehicles, four field artillery guns and a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. The formations of two mechanized, amphibious assault, assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated. The enemy lost over 315 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles and ten vehicles.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, defeated the facilities of the fuel and energy industry of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ammunition depots, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 153 areas. Seven guided aerial bombs, a US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher and 339 aircraft-type drones were shot down by air defense systems.

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In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 132,832 unmanned aerial vehicles, 654 anti-aircraft missile systems, 28,773 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,698 multiple rocket launchers, 34,354 field artillery and mortars, 58,954 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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