Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 1 July 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the situation on the front line. Russian troops defeated manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one jaeger brigade, and one assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, and the Khimera Special Operations Formation of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine close to Varachino, Sadki, Khrapovshchina, Bessalovka, Novonikolayevka, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade and two territorial defence brigades near Okhrimovka, Ogurtsovo, Olkhovatka, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The Armed Forces of Ukraine losses were up to 180 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, four field artillery systems, and one Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous positions. Russian troops hit formations of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Petrovka, Kupyansk, Gorokhovatka, Nizhneye Solenoe, Dvurechanskoye, Putnikovo, Petropavlovka, Sobolevka, Peschanoye, and Borovskaya Andreyevka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were more than 220 troops, one tank, 12 motor vehicles, and one Western-made artillery systems, one radar station, and four ammunition depots.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk, Zvanovka, Serebryanka, Shcherbinovka, Chasov Yar, Predtechino, Konstantinovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, and Petrovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were over 160 troops, one pickup truck, four field artillery systems, and one ammunition depot.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved positions on the front line. Russian troops defeated formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one air assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, and one National Guard brigade close to Udachnoye, Novosergeyevka, Petrovskoye, Novoukrainka, and Dachnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 500 troops, one HMMWV armoured vehicle, one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicle, and 11 pickup trucks.
Zelenoye Pole, Shevchenko, Voskresenka, Chervonaya Zirka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novodarovka, and Levadnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The Armed Forces of Ukraine losses were up to 215 troops, six motor vehicles, two field artillery systems, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces launched attacks on formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and two coastal defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kamenskoye, Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Pridneprovskoye, and Zolotaya Balka (Kherson region), Nikopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Nikolayev.
The enemy losses were up to 90 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, seven motor vehicles, and one field artillery system. Nine electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and two military hardware depots were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck the AFU command and control system, UAV production, assembly, and storage facilities, drone control centers, ammunition and military-technical depots as well as temporary deployment areas of AFU formations in 148 areas.
Air defence systems shot down three British-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles, five U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs, and three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles as well as 173 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy lost:
663 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
66,477 unmanned aerial vehicles,
612 anti-aircraft missile systems,
24,101 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,573 MLRS combat vehicles,
26,812 field artillery guns and mortars,
37,524 units of support military vehicles.