Summary of the special operation in Ukraine on May 23

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 23 in the Izvestia material.

Russian military personnel continue to conduct a special military operation. The units of the North group of Forces have improved their tactical situation. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Tolstodubovo, Ivolzhanskoe, Khrapovshchina and Proletarskoye in the Sumy region. In the Kharkiv region, formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade were defeated in the areas of Rubezhnoye and Izbitskoye settlements. The enemy lost up to 190 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

The units of the Zapad group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized and assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Studenok, Peski-Radkovskie, Chervony Oskol, Kharkiv region, and Lozove, Donetsk People's Republic. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 230 military personnel, 22 armored combat vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle made in the USA, 19 vehicles and two artillery pieces.

Meanwhile, the units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated formations of two mechanized mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a marine brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Podolskoye and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 170 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, four field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.

The units of the Center group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airmobile, assault, amphibious assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko, Dobropole, Belozersk, Sergeyevka, Rayskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopodgorodnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 290 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles and six field artillery guns.

In addition, the units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, three amphibious assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a marine brigade in the areas of the settlements of Malomikhailovka, Prosyanaya, Zarechnoye, Pokrovskoye, Dnipropetrovsk region, Rovnoye, Lyubitskoye, Zelenaya Dibrova and Voskresenka, Zaporizhia region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 280 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles and several vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the marine brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Grigorovka, Zaporizhia region. Up to 50 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated a Ukrainian military industry enterprise, energy facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assembly shops and storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.. Eight guided aerial bombs and 800 aircraft-type drones were shot down by air defense systems.

Since the beginning of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 151,504 unmanned aerial vehicles, 661 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,450 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,724 multiple rocket launchers, 35,058 field artillery and mortars, 62,334 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.