Map of the special operation in Ukraine on April 16
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 April 16 in the Izvestia material.
During the day, in response to the terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive strike with high-precision long-range weapons based on land, air and sea, unmanned aerial vehicles attack facilities of the military-industrial complex involved in the production of cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles of long and medium range, as well as fuel andthe energy complex of Ukraine, used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The strike targets have been achieved, and all designated targets have been hit.
Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position and defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a number of settlements in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 145 people, 12 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and seven ammunition and materiel depots.
The soldiers of the Western group of forces have improved their position along the front line. The enemy's manpower and equipment in the Kharkiv region and the DPR were hit. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles and three artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
The South group of troops took more advantageous positions and lines and hit the enemy in the areas of the DPR settlements. The enemy lost more than 145 militants, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, six armored combat vehicles and 16 vehicles. An electronic warfare station, ten ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces improved their tactical position and hit enemy manpower and equipment in a number of settlements of the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 340 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, two vehicles and a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
The eastern group of troops has advanced into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Enemy formations were defeated in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 195 people, two armored combat vehicles and eight vehicles.
The military personnel of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. The enemy's losses amounted to more than 40 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and 12 vehicles.
Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated a container terminal, parking areas for armored vehicles and testing ground-based robotic systems, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 154 areas.
Five guided aerial bombs and 270 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.
According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 134449 unmanned aerial vehicles, 656 anti-aircraft missile systems, 28923 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1701 multiple rocket launchers, 34455 field artillery guns and mortars, 59507 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
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