Map of the special operation in Ukraine on May 20

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 May 20 in the Izvestia material.

Russian military personnel continue to conduct a special military operation. Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical situation by defeating the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, amphibious assault brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Bachevsk, Bunyakino, Velikaya Pisarevka, Degtyarnoye and Khoten in the Sumy region. In the Kharkiv region, formations of three mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bely Kolodez, Izbitskoye, Ryasnoye and Staritsa of the Kharkiv region. The enemy lost up to 165 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations.

The units of the "Southern" group of Forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of three mechanized, motorized infantry, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Malinovka, Nikolaevka, Orekhovatka and Rai-Alexandrovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 100 soldiers, a Leopard tank manufactured by Germany, a Cossack armored fighting vehicle, 14 vehicles, three artillery pieces and a radar station.

The fighters of the Center group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. The manpower and equipment of mechanized, assault, and airmobile brigades, an assault regiment, a battalion of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades and three National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dobropole, Kuritsyno, Kucherov Yar, Lenina, Novoaleksandrovka, Novy Donbass, Rubezhnoye, Svetloye, Shevchenko of the Donetsk People's Republic and Ivanovka of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 255 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles, two vehicles and a 155 mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system manufactured by the United States.

The Vostok group of troops continues to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, four airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Velikomikhailovka, Gavrilovka, Orly, Pokrovskoye, Chaplino, Dnipropetrovsk region, Vozdvizhevka, Novoselovka and Trudovoye, Zaporizhia region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 240 soldiers, an infantry fighting vehicle and six vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Belenke, Novoaleksandrovka and Novomikhailovka of the Zaporizhia region. More than 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, two artillery pieces, including a 155 mm M777 howitzer made in the United States, and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled gun manufactured by Germany, damaged fuel and energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ammunition depots, assembly shops and storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 districts. Four guided aerial bombs and 780 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, 149,623 unmanned aerial vehicles, 661 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,383 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,723 multiple rocket launchers, 35,011 field artillery guns and mortars, 62,065 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.