Map of the special operation in Ukraine on August 29

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 August 29 in the Izvestia material.

As a result of active actions, the fighters of the North group of forces established control over the settlement of Khrapovshchina in the Sumy region and defeated the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost more than 250 people, nine vehicles and a field artillery piece.

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 over 220 soldiers, a US-made HMMWV armored car, 14 vehicles and two field artillery guns.

The Yuzhnaya military improved their position along the front line and defeated the enemy in the areas of the DPR. The enemy lost over 200 soldiers, five armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles and two artillery pieces.

As a result of decisive actions, units of the Center group of forces liberated the settlements of Rubezhnoye and Novoandreevka in the DPR, and also hit Ukrainian formations in the republic and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 395 militants, an armored combat vehicle and seven vehicles.

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 up to 310 soldiers and six vehicles.

The fighters of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the formations of the Armed Forces brigades in the areas of the settlements of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions. Up to 50 people, two armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

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Russian troops have attacked Ukraine's fuel and energy infrastructure, logistics centers used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assembly shops, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and their components, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts with strikes by tactical aviation, combat drones, rocket and artillery systems.

Air defense systems shot down five guided aerial bombs, two US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, eight Flamingo long-range cruise missiles and 715 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 674 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 222,352 unmanned aerial vehicles, 670 anti-aircraft missile systems, 30,748 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,775 multiple rocket launchers, 36,304 field artillery and mortars, 70,490 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

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