Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 2 December 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The city of Volchansk (Kharkov region) has been liberated by units of the Sever Group of Forces.
In addition, the Group’s units hit formations of an AFU motorised infantry brigade close to Vilcha (Kharkov region).
In Sumy direction, strikes were delivered at formations of three mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Alekseyevka, Andreyevka, Varachino, Kondratovka, Konotop, Ryzhevka, Sadki, and Khomino (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to over 205 troops, 18 motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, two assault brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade and one national guard brigade near Boguslavka, Kurilovka, Kucherovka, Novoplatonovka (Kharkov region), Drobyshevo, and Yarovaya (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost up to 235 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, and one Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS system. Thirteen electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops hit three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one marine brigade near Zakotnoye, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Reznikovka, Seversk, Slavyansk, and Chervonoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
More than 120 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, including one British-made Mastiff armoured vehicle, of the AFU have been neutralised. In addition, eight electronic motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and seven ammunition and materiel depots were hit.
The Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one airborne brigade, one air assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade and two national guard brigades close to Artyomovka, Belitskoye, Belozerskoye, Grishino, Dimitrov, Rovnoye, Svetloye, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 495 troops, one Swedish-made Viking armoured personnel carrier, and two motor vehicles.
As a result of active actions, Vostok Group’s units liberated the settlements of Zeleny Gai and Dobropolye (Zaporozhye region).
They inflicted losses on formations of two territorial defence brigades and three assault regiments of the AFU near Gulyaipole and Zaliznichnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy lost more than 265 troops, 10 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one materiel depot.
The Dnepr Group’s units delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade and two coastal defence brigades of the AFU near Magdalinovka, Novoboykovskoye (Zaporozhye region) and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
Up to 80 troops, 12 motor vehicles, six electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition, materiel, and fuel depots of the AFU have been destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on energy and gas infrastructure facilities used for the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 141 areas.
Air defence units shot down 44 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
668 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
99,831 unmanned aerial vehicles,
638 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,337 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,623 MLRS combat vehicles,
31,682 field artillery guns and mortars,
48,144 units of support military vehicles.