Map of the special operation in Ukraine on August 19

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 a map of military operations on August 19 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 up to 220 people, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles and an electronic warfare (EW) station.

The Zapad group of forces has taken more advantageous positions and frontiers. The Ukrainian formations in the DPR and the Kharkiv region were defeated. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 210 soldiers, four Western-made armored fighting vehicles, 14 vehicles and three field artillery pieces. Four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

The military personnel of the southern group improved their position along the front line and hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the DPR. The enemy lost over 220 fighters, six armored combat vehicles, including three US-made Stryker armored personnel carriers, 24 vehicles and four field artillery pieces, including a 155 mm American Paladin self-propelled artillery system.

As a result of active actions, units of the Center group of forces liberated the Vodyanskoye settlement in the DPR, and also hit Ukrainian formations in the republic and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 380 people, six armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, an artillery piece and two electronic warfare stations.

The Vostok group of troops continued to move into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Ukrainian Armed Forces units were also defeated in a number of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The enemy lost more than 350 soldiers, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles and two field artillery pieces.

The fighters of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position and defeated the formations of the Armed Forces brigades in the areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters, 12 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

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Specialists from the battalion of unmanned systems of the Center group are actively helping to advance the Russian Armed Forces in the Dnepropetrovsk direction

Russian troops have attacked military industry enterprises, logistics centers, energy and transport infrastructure facilities of Ukraine used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, training and launching sites for long-range cruise missiles "Flamingo", assembly shops, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and their components, as well as military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, military equipment, There are also temporary locations for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.

Air defense systems shot down 11 guided aerial bombs, five US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 965 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 674 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 213410 unmanned aerial vehicles, 669 anti-aircraft missile systems, 30644 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1774 multiple rocket launchers, 36198 field artillery guns and mortars, 69659 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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