Map of the special operation in Ukraine on August 27

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 view the map of military operations on August 27 in the Izvestia material.

The group of troops "Center" liberated the settlement on May 1 in the DPR. As a result of the actions of the Russian military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 400 militants, three armored combat vehicles, six vehicles and five artillery pieces. In addition, the units of the Zapad group of forces improved their tactical situation, and the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions.

"Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novotroitskoye, Zaporizhia region, and Antonovka, Kherson region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 65 soldiers, 12 vehicles, an artillery piece and seven electronic warfare stations. Three warehouses of material assets were destroyed," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian army has defeated an air defense radar station with the help of tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery The Armed Forces of Ukraine, control points and drone assembly sites, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 149 districts. In turn, the Russian air defense forces shot down two guided aerial bombs, two US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 162 aircraft-type drones.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 665 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 79,826 UAVs, 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 24,817 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,588 multiple rocket launchers, 28,968 field artillery and mortars, 40,480 pieces of special vehicles.

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