Map of the special operation in Ukraine on May 17

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 May 17 in the Izvestia material.

The North group of troops took more advantageous positions and frontiers, and also defeated formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in a number of settlements in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The enemy lost up to 155 people, 15 vehicles and two artillery pieces.

The Western grouping of troops has improved the tactical situation. Ukrainian formations in the Kharkiv region and the DPR were defeated. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 180 soldiers, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, a multiple rocket launcher system and two field artillery pieces.

The soldiers of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the front line and hit the enemy in the areas of the DPR settlements. The enemy lost more than 160 militants, five armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles and three artillery pieces.

Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous positions and frontiers, and also hit Ukrainian formations in the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 280 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, a multiple launch rocket system, three artillery pieces, a counter-battery radar station and an electronic warfare station.

The Vostok group of troops continued to move into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Ukrainian Armed Forces units were defeated in a number of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. The enemy lost more than 285 people, two armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles and an artillery piece.

Fighters of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in areas of populated areas of the Zaporizhia region. More than 55 militants, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the assembly sites of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 164 districts.

Eight guided aerial bombs, a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket, a Flamingo long-range cruise missile, a Neptun-MD long-range guided missile and 1,054 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems. The forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed six unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Painful impact: the west of Ukraine has ceased to be safe for NATO cargo

The massive attack by the Russian Armed Forces revealed a shortage of anti-missiles and paralyzed the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, experts say.

According to the Ministry of Defense, a total of 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 147,927 unmanned aerial vehicles, 661 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,341 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,722 multiple rocket launchers, 34,965 field artillery and mortars, 61,796 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation. technicians.

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