Map of the special operation in Ukraine on March 3

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 March 3 in the Izvestia material.

As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the North group of forces established control over the settlements of Bobylivka, Sumy region. Formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were defeated in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost more than 205 people, an armored personnel carrier, 23 vehicles and a 155 mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system. Five ammunition depots and five material depots were destroyed.

The military personnel of the Zapad group of forces improved their tactical situation and hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlements of the DPR. The losses of the Ukrainian formations amounted to 190 soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, 23 vehicles and five artillery pieces. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.

The southern group of troops has improved its position along the front line. Russian soldiers defeated the enemy in the DPR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 120 militants, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles and three field artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots and five material depots were destroyed.

The Center group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and frontiers, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine's manpower and equipment were defeated in the settlements of the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Ukrainian formations lost up to 360 people, two armored personnel carriers, three armored fighting vehicles, 14 vehicles and two field artillery guns.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and struck the enemy in a number of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 350 soldiers, four armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles and an artillery piece. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

As a result of active and decisive actions, the military personnel of the Dnepr group of forces liberated the village of Veselyanka in the Zaporizhia region. The manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. Up to 65 Ukrainian militants, an armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated airfields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from which long-range unmanned aerial vehicles were launched, energy facilities and port infrastructure used in the interests of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.

12 guided aerial bombs and 136 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

Danger-free belt: The Russian Armed Forces are breaking into the defense in four directions

The offensive in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions allows us to push back the front line and protect peaceful cities from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 670 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 119,156 unmanned aerial vehicles, 651 anti-aircraft missile systems, 27,995 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,680 multiple rocket launchers, 33,597 field artillery and mortars, 55,737 units of special military equipment have been destroyed. automotive equipment.

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