Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 22 March 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
As a result of resolute actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces gained control over the settlement of Potapovka in Sumy region.
The Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a territorial defence brigade close to Velikaya Chernechina, Ikriskovshchina, and Novaya Sech in Sumy region.
In Kharkov region, units of two mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades were hit close to Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Veseloye, Izbitskoye, Prikolotnoye, and Shevchenkovo in Kharkov region.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. An ammunition depot, a fuel depot, and three materiel depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted losses on formations of four mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a security brigade of the General Staff of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Novoosinovo, Staroverovka, Tamarganovka (Kharkov region), Koroviy Yar, Krasny Liman, Svyatogorsk, and Sosnovoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 190 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, three armoured vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, and three artillery guns. One electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Yuzhnaya Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Group’s units hit formations of four mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and a marine brigade close to Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Nikolayevka, Piscunovka, and Rai-Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The enemy lost more than 120 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier and one U.S.-made Stryker armoured vehicle, four armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. An ammunition depot and four materiel depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops inflicted losses on formations of five mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, an airborne brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade, the Azov Special Operations Brigade, and six national guard brigades near Belitskoye, Vasilyvka, Vodyanskoye, Dobropolye, Lenina, Priyut, Torskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Ivanovka, and Novopodgorodnoye in Dnepropetrovsk region.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 360 troops, three armoured personnel carriers, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 16 motor vehicles, and one 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system.
ogdana self-propelled artillery system, and one materiel depot.
The Dnepr Group’s units improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a marine brigade near Grigorovka, Orekhov, Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region), and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).
Up to 45 troops, three pickup trucks, one electronic warfare station, and two materiel depots of the enemy were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted damage on the facilities of the Ukrainian fuel and power infrastructure, used in the interests of the AFU, on the facilities for preparation and launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as on temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 144 areas.
Air defence systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs and 244 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
671 aircraft,
284 helicopters,
126,137 unmanned aerial vehicles,
652 anti-aircraft missile systems,
28,423 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,690 MLRS combat vehicles,
33,999 field artillery guns and mortars,
57,480 units of support military vehicles.