Map of the special operation in Ukraine on November 8th

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 November 8 in the Izvestia material.

Russian military personnel continue to conduct a special military operation. The units of the North group of Forces have improved their tactical situation. In the Kharkiv region, the manpower and equipment of six mechanized, motorized infantry brigades, two brigades of unmanned systems and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Khatneye, Makarovo, Dolzyk, Shevchenkovo, Bugaevka, Martovoye, Kolodeznoye and Veliky Burluk of the Kharkiv region.

In addition, in the Sumy region, formations of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and four air defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shostka, Putivl, Vakalovshchina, Velikaya Rybitsa of the Sumy region and the city of Sumy. The enemy lost up to 170 soldiers, 11 vehicles, a 105-mm M101 howitzer made in the United States, two counter-battery warfare stations and two electronic warfare stations.

The units of the Center group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, jaeger, airborne brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades and four National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novopavlovka, Kamenka, Sergeevka, Krinitsy, Belozersk, Uritskoye, Verovka, Krivorozhye, Yakovlevka, Rohanskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Andronovka and Fedorovskoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region. regions. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 340 military personnel, three armored personnel carriers, six armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, an artillery piece and seven electronic warfare stations.

The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. The manpower and equipment of two assault brigades, four amphibious assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two marine brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Kolomiytsy, Brovki, Dnipropetrovsk region, Yellow Krucha, Novoviktorovka, Novonikolayevka and Kamyshevakha, Zaporizhia region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 185 soldiers and seven vehicles.

Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated ammunition depots, energy facilities, transport infrastructure and logistics used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, ground-based robotic complexes and their storage sites, as well as temporary locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. formations and foreign mercenaries in 141 districts. Three guided aerial bombs and 538 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

Flight under attack: Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a passenger bus in the LPR

Five people were killed and 13 others were injured.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 674 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 282,484 unmanned aerial vehicles, 672 anti-aircraft missile systems, 31,569 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,795 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 36,883 field artillery and mortars, 76,639 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.