Map of the special operation in Ukraine on June 1

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 June 1 in the Izvestia material.

Russian military personnel continue to conduct a special military operation. As a result of the active and decisive actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces, the settlement of Tikhonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated. Formations of five mechanized, motorized infantry, airmobile, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, Rai-Alexandrovka, Luxuriant and Konstantinovka. The enemy lost up to 120 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, five field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical situation by defeating the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Pustogorod, Volnaya Sloboda, Novaya Sich and Ivolzhanskoye in the Sumy region. In the Kharkiv region, the formations of two mechanized, two motorized infantry brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of Bugaevka, Rubezhny, Kotovka, Bogodukhov and Bely Kolodez were affected. The enemy lost up to 205 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, 10 vehicles, a 105-millimeter M101 howitzer made in the USA and two electronic warfare stations.

The units of the Center group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades and four National Guard brigades in the areas of Kutuzovka, Belitsky, Gruzsky, Annovka, Svyatogorovka, Kucherov Yar (DPR) and Novopavlovka (Dnipropetrovsk region). The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 330 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. They defeated the manpower and equipment of a mechanized, assault, two amphibious assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a marine brigade in the areas of Kolomiyts, Malomikhailovka, Vasilkovka (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Komsomolsk (Zaporizhia region). The enemy lost more than 455 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles and a 105-millimeter M101 howitzer made in the United States.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of Orekhov, Grigorovka, Preobrazhenka and Chervona Krynitsa in the Zaporizhia region. Up to 45 military personnel, 14 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated production workshops, training sites and launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, energy, transport and port infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 137 districts. Nine guided aerial bombs and 233 aircraft-type drones were shot down by air defense systems.

Paid terror: responsibility for the attacks on the nuclear power plant lies with Europe

Unlimited Western assistance gives Kiev the opportunity to attack civilian targets — any terrorist attack receives tacit approval in the EU.

Since the beginning of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 154,322 unmanned aerial vehicles, 661 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,568 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,729 multiple rocket launchers, 35,166 field artillery guns and mortars, 63,022 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.