Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 4 November 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of three mechanised brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Alekseyevka, Andreyevka, Proletarskoye, Novaya Sech, and Korchakovka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of a mechanised brigade and a motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit near Sinelnikovo and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 225 troops, 12 motor vehicles, and a field artillery gun. An electronic warfare station, three ammunition depots, and four materiel depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops engaged three mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two national guard brigades close to Petropavlovka, Kurilovka, Boguslavka, Novoplatonovka, Druzhelyubovka, Borovskaya Andreyevka (Kharkov region), Novoselovka, Stavki, and Yarovaya (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In the vicinity of Kupyansk (Kharkov region), units of the 6th Army continue to tighten the encirclement around the enemy. The Russian Armed Forces disrupted a counter-attack launched by the 1st National Guard Brigade near Petrovka (Kharkov region) in order to break through to the Oskol River and pave the way out of the left bank for the surrounded Ukrainian units. Up to 10 militants and an armoured vehicle were neutralised.
Russian troops go on tightening the encirclement around the enemy from the north-east near Petropavlovka (Kharkov region). Over the past 24 hours, the enemy lost up to 40 troops, 16 units of weaponry and military hardware including an armoured personnel carrier, a 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, two Kazak armoured fighting vehicles as well as a U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, two mortars, a lorry, and three pickup trucks close to Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
In total, more than 220 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun have been neutralised in Zapad Group’s area of responsibility. Six electronic warfare stations, a counter-fire radar, and six ammunition depots were neutralised.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, a national guard brigade, and a territorial defence brigade have been hit near Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Seversk, Zvanovka, Ivanopolye, Dronovka, Fedorovka, Verolyubovka, and Vasyukovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns. Three electronic warfare stations, a materiel depot, and a fuel depot were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, an air assault brigade, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade close to Priyut, Belitskoye, Sukhetskoye, Rodinskoye, Novopavlovka, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Lenino (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Demurino (Dnepropetrovsk region).
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Ten enemy attacks in order to escape the encirclement were repelled in the north and north-western directions from Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic). Three attempts to unblock an AFU group of foreign mercenaries from Grishino (Donetsk People’s Republic) were thwarted. The enemy has lost more than 30 militants.
Units of the 5th Motorised Rifle Brigade, 51st Army, have liberated 17 buildings in northern, eastern, and south-eastern parts of Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic) and moved towards the Zapadny neighbourhood. The expansion of the control zone and the tightening the encirclement around the enemy from the east are underway. Up to 205 servicemen, two pickup trucks, and one field artillery gun have been neutralised in this area during the day.
In total, up to 430 troops, a tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and three artillery guns were neutralised in the Tsentr Group’s area of responsibility.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defence. Russian elements engaged a mechanised brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade near Yegorovka, Vishnevoye, Radostnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Uspenovka in Zaporozhye region.
The AFU losses amounted to over 240 troops, 20 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, and five electronic warfare stations.
The Dnepr Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, a coastal defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade near Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Ponyatovka, Sadovoye, Nikolskoye, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
Up to 80 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, seven electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, a fuel depot, and three materiel depots were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack UAVs, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on the energy and transport infrastructure that maintain enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry, an artillery armament manufacturing shop, a fuel depot as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed groups and foreign mercenaries in 152 areas.
Air defence systems shot down three guided bombs, three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, and 204 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
668 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
94,936 unmanned aerial vehicles,
635 anti-aircraft missile systems,
25,837 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,609 MLRS combat vehicles,
31,065 field artillery guns and mortars,
45,800 units of support military vehicles.