Map of the special operation in Ukraine on May 27

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 4 in the Izvestia material.

As a result of active actions, the North group of troops established control over the village of Granov in the Kharkiv region, and also struck formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). in the Sumy region. The enemy lost over 165 people, 10 vehicles, a 105 mm M101 howitzer made in the USA and an electronic warfare station.

The western group of troops has taken more advantageous positions and frontiers. Ukrainian formations in the Kharkiv region and the DPR were defeated. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 soldiers, a British-made Snatch armored fighting vehicle and a Novator armored fighting vehicle, 19 vehicles and a 155 mm M114 howitzer made in the United States.

The soldiers of the southern group of forces improved their position along the front line and hit the enemy in the areas of the DPR settlements. The enemy lost up to 180 fighters, two tanks, including a Leopard made in Germany, an infantry fighting vehicle, a Stryker armored personnel carrier made in the United States, five armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, two artillery pieces and a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle.

Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous positions and frontiers, and also hit Ukrainian formations in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 340 people, two armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, an artillery piece and an electronic warfare station.

The Vostok group of troops continued to move into the depth of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the Vozdvizhenka settlement in the Zaporizhia region. Ukrainian Armed Forces units were defeated in a number of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The enemy lost over 285 soldiers, three armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles.

Fighters of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. Up to 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters, 10 vehicles and five electronic warfare stations 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 an enterprise of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, energy facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, storage and launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, fuel storage facilities, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 144 districts.

Air defense systems shot down three UK-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles, five guided aerial bombs and 285 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

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According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 152781 unmanned aerial vehicles, 661 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29517 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1727 multiple rocket launchers, 35103 field artillery and mortars, 62667 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

Watch more relevant videos and details about the situation in Donbass on the Izvestia TV channel