progress of special military operation as of 1 March 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous positions. Russian troops engaged an air assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and three territorial defence brigades near Iskriskovshchina, Bachevsk, Volnya Sloboda, Pokrovka, and Leninskoye (Sumy region).
In Kharkov region, units of three heavy mechanised brigades, an artillery brigade, a motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a national guard brigade have been hit close to Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Olshany, Martovoye, Pechengi, Golubovka, Malinovka, Staritsa, and Kitsevka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, 21 motor vehicles, a U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS, a Grad MLRS, three artillery guns, and a signal intelligence station. An ammunition depot and seven materiel depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a national guard brigade were hit close to Kovsharovka, Grushevka, Novoosinovo, and Petrovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 190 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, 20 motor vehicles, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, and six artillery guns including three Western-made artillery guns. Two counter-fire radars and two ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Yuzhnaya Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Three mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade have been hit near Konstantinovka, Andreyevka, Nikiforovka, Lipovka, Ray-Aleksandrovka, Druzhkovka, and Reznikovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy has lost more than 220 troops, a U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, five field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and a counter-fire radar. Four electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and five material depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, an infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a jaeger brigade, an airborne brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Azov Special Forces Brigade, and three national guard brigades close to Toretskoye, Novopavlovka, Belitskoye, Zolotoy Kolodez, Sergeyevka, Grishino in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Vasilevka, and Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 330 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
nd a marine brigade have been hit close to Gavrilovka, Prosyanaya, Velikomikhaylovka, Katerinovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Rovnoye, Nezhenka, Rozovka, and Lyubitskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 330 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five pickup trucks, an artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a heavy mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade near Malokaterinovka and Belenkoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 40 troops, 13 motor vehicles, a P-18 radar, two electronic warfare stations, and a materiel depot were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack UAVs, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on energy infrastructure facilities used for the interests of the Ukrainian defence industry as well as temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 144 areas.
Air defence units shot down nine guided aerial bombs and four HIMARS MLRS projectiles as well as 220 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
670 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
118,341 unmanned aerial vehicles,
651 anti-aircraft missile systems,
27,955 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,678 MLRS combat vehicles,
33,551 field artillery guns and mortars,
55,542 units of support military vehicles.