Map of the special operation in Ukraine on July 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 July 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 brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Sich, Sadki and Mogrica in the Sumy region. In the Kharkiv region, formations of a mechanized, two motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a National Guard brigade in the areas of Bely Kolodez and Liptsovs were affected. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 145 soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, 15 vehicles and three artillery pieces.

The units of the "Southern" group of Forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of three mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade were defeated in the areas of Nikolaipol, Kondratovka, Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka and Alekseevo-Druzhkovka. During the day, the enemy lost more than 140 soldiers, nine armored combat vehicles, 27 vehicles and a 155-mm M777 howitzer made in the USA.

The fighters of the Center group of forces improved their tactical situation. A mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades and three National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of Novotroitsk, Artyom, Gruzsky, Belozersky, Dobropillya (DPR) and Novopavlovka (Dnipropetrovsk region). The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 350 soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles and two artillery pieces.

The Vostok military groups continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses. Three airborne assault brigades and four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of Vasilkovka, Chaplino, Velikomikhailovka, Prosyanaya (Dnipropetrovsk region), Zalivny, Sorochino, Zorevka and Shirokoe (Zaporizhia region). The enemy lost up to 505 military personnel, 11 vehicles, a field artillery piece and a Bastion MLRS combat vehicle.

Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the assembly and storage sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, the logistics center, fuel, energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, workshops for the assembly and storage of unmanned boats, as well as points of temporary deployment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts. Eight guided aerial bombs, four US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher shells and 917 aircraft-type drones were shot down by air defense systems. The forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed two unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Black Sea.

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In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 673 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 185,525 unmanned aerial vehicles, 666 anti-aircraft missile systems, 30,222 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,761 multiple rocket launchers, 35,829 field artillery and mortars, 66,970 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.