Map of the special operation in Ukraine on June 13

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 June 13 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, motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Katerinovka and Luzhki in the Sumy region. In the Kharkiv region, formations of a mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of Rubezhny, Ivanovka and Varvarovka were affected. The enemy lost more than 235 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 16 vehicles and two field artillery pieces.

The units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of two mechanized, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, Starodubovka and Piskunovka. In the village of Konstantinovka, assault groups of the 3rd, 8th armies and the 3rd Army Corps are successfully advancing in the residential districts of Krasny Oktyabr and Krasny Gorodok and completing the sweep of the Pervomaisky district. During the day, 172 buildings were vacated in Konstantinovka. Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and four vehicles were destroyed. In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost up to 115 soldiers, a Leopard-2 tank manufactured by Germany, three armored personnel carriers, 13 vehicles and three field artillery guns.

The fighters of the Center group of forces improved their position along the front line. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, assault, airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and two National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of Novoaleksandrovka, Dobropillya, Novogrishino, Belitsky, Krasnoyarsk (DPR) and Novopavlovka (Dnipropetrovsk region). The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 315 soldiers, four armored personnel carriers, six vehicles and two artillery pieces.

The units of the Vostok group of forces have advanced into the depth of the enemy's defenses. A mechanized, assault, two amphibious assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of Ivanovka, Novoandreevka, Prosyanaya (Dnipropetrovsk region), Trudovoye, Tersyanka, Egorovka and Voskresenka (Zaporizhia region). The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 510 military personnel, three armored personnel carriers, eight vehicles and a 155-millimeter Paladin self-propelled gun made in the USA.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the storage sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas. Air defense systems shot down 15 guided aerial bombs and 540 aircraft-type drones.

Planning groundwork: aviation began hunting for enemy UAV command posts

To destroy them, aircraft use high-precision bombs with UMPC modules.

Since the beginning of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 161,718 unmanned aerial vehicles, 662 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,748 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,736 multiple rocket launchers, 35,335 field artillery and mortars, 63,976 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.