Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 4 August 2025
Today, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles and attack long-range unmanned aerial vehicles at infrastructure of the AFU military airfields.
The goal of the strike has been achieved, all the assigned targets were engaged.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Pavlovka, Alekseyevka, Varachino, Yablonovka, and Andreyevka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade have been hit near Volchansk and Okhrimovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, five artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade close to Kupyansk, Aleksandrovka, Peschanoye (Kharkov region), and Novoselovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 225 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and 19 motor vehicles. Three ammunition depots and five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Konstantinovka, Seversk, Pleshcheyevka, Ivanovopolye, Zvanovka, and Berestok (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and one artillery gun.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, two air assault brigades of the AFU, and two national guard brigades near Novopavlovka, Dimitrov, Belitskoye, Rodinskoye, Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Dachnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 385 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy’s defences. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Novogeorgiyevka, Berezovoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Temirovka, Olgovskoye (Zaporozhye region), and Iskra (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 215 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one coastal defence brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Malaya Tokmachka, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops, three motor vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, and one materiel depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack UAVs, Missile Troops, and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck one production workshop of uncrewed surface vehicles as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.
Air defence units shot down one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile and 120 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
664 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
74,580 unmanned aerial vehicles,
625 anti-aircraft missile systems,
24,442 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,584 MLRS combat vehicles,
28,160 field artillery guns and mortars,
39,115 units of support military vehicles.