Map of the special operation in Ukraine on June 28

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 28 in the Izvestia material.

The fighters of the North group of forces improved their tactical position and defeated the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost over 210 people, an armored combat vehicle, 10 vehicles, three artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

The Zapad group of forces has taken more advantageous positions and frontiers. Ukrainian formations in the Kharkiv region and the DPR were defeated. In Krasny Liman, Russian stormtroopers continued their offensive and captured five strongholds and 59 buildings. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 soldiers, four armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles and three field artillery pieces.

The military personnel of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position and hit the enemy in the areas of the DPR settlements. Units of the Russian Armed Forces continued their advance in Konstantinovka and liberated 26 buildings in a day. The enemy lost more than 210 militants, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles and two field artillery guns.

Units of the Center group of forces improved their position along the front line, and also hit Ukrainian formations in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 300 people, an armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, a radar station and an electronic warfare station.

The Vostok group of troops continued to move deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Pisanty and Novoselovka in the Zaporizhia region. Ukrainian Armed Forces units were also defeated in a number of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The enemy lost over 490 soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles and four field artillery pieces.

The fighters of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the formations of the Armed Forces brigades in the areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. Up to 40 militants and 14 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

Two MiG-29s of the Ukrainian Air Force were destroyed at the airfield by tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, storage sites for unmanned boats, a warehouse of components and assemblies for them, fuel and energy infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged. formations and foreign mercenaries in 141 districts.

Seven guided aerial bombs, a US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher and 590 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

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According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 673 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 170,750 unmanned aerial vehicles, 664 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,945 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,749 multiple rocket launchers, 35,545 field artillery and mortars, 65,085 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed. technicians.

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