Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 7 July 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy’s defence and liberated Bessalovka (Sumy region).
Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a jaeger brigade, three air assault brigades, and four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pisarevka, Zapseleye, Olshanka, Khrapovshchina, Yunakovka, Sadki, Varachino, and Bititsa (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade have been hit near Kazachya Lopan and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 180 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, two ammunition depots, and a material depot.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian units inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade near Petro-Ivanovka, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Zelenaya Dolina, and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to over 210 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier and two HMMWV armoured vehicles. Twelve pickup trucks, an artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, two U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-50 counter-fire radars, and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units hit three mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Serebryanka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, Fedorovka, Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Shcherbinovka, and Aleksandro-Schultino (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost more than 130 troops, a tank, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a Western-made artillery gun, a pickup truck, and two ammunition depots.
Strikes were delivered at formations of six mechanised brigades, an airborne brigade, an air assault brigade, a UAV brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, and a territorial defence brigade near Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Suvorovo, Muravka, Rodinskoye, and Grishino (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 440 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 11 pickup trucks, and three field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy’s defence. Russian formations engaged manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Malinovka (Zaporozhye region), Voskresenka, and Karla Marksa (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU lost more than 200 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, an artillery gun, and three electronic warfare stations.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Novoandreyevka, Kamenskoye, Plavni (Zaporozhye region), Mikhaylovka, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
Up to 85 troops, nine motor vehicles, two artillery guns, five electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots, and a fuel depot were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on the AFU territorial centers of recruitment, assembly enterprises and storages of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition and fuel depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 138 areas.
Air defence systems shot down seven guided aerial bombs and 402 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the AFU lost:
663 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
68,049 unmanned aerial vehicles,
614 anti-aircraft missile systems,
24,156 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,576 MLRS combat vehicles,
27,079 field artillery guns and mortars,
37,760 units of support military vehicle