Map of the special operation in Ukraine on April 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 April 15 in the Izvestia material.

As a result of decisive actions, the North group of troops established control over the settlement of Volchansk Farms in the Kharkiv region. Formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were also hit in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 175 people, an armored personnel carrier, 17 vehicles and seven material depots.

The units of the Zapad group of forces improved their position along the front line and defeated the enemy in a number of settlements in the Kharkiv region and the DPR. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 180 soldiers, five armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles and two artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.

The southern group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and frontiers, and also defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine's manpower and equipment in the areas of the DPR settlements. The enemy lost more than 210 militants, four armored personnel carriers, a Canadian-made Senator armored fighting vehicle, 18 vehicles and a field artillery piece. A radar station and two ammunition depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the Center group of forces have improved their tactical situation. Ukrainian units in the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk region were defeated. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 300 people, two armored personnel carriers, five armored fighting vehicles, six vehicles, four field artillery guns, including two 155-mm M777 howitzers made in the USA and a 155-mm towed artillery installation Bogdana-B. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

The units of the Vostok group of forces have advanced into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Enemy formations were defeated in the areas of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 soldiers, four armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles.

The Dnepr group of troops defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the Zaporizhia region and Kherson. Up to 40 militants, an armored combat vehicle, 18 vehicles, an Israeli-made RADA radar station, four electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot and a material depot 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 fuel, energy and transport infrastructure of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the launch site of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 143 areas.

12 guided aerial bombs and 225 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems. The forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned boats.

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According to the Ministry of Defense, a total of 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 134,179 unmanned aerial vehicles, 656 anti-aircraft missile systems, 28,908 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,700 multiple rocket launchers, 34,446 field artillery and mortars, 59,440 units of special military equipment have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation. automotive equipment.

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