Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 3 December 2025
🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade and one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Andreyevka, Khoten and Novaya Sech (Sumy region).
💥 In Kharkov direction, Russian troops hit formations of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one National Guard brigade near Vilcha, Staritsa, Varvarovka, and Liman (Kharkov region).
▪️ The AFU losses were up to 170 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and one materiel depot.
📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops launched attacks on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two National Guard brigades close to Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Monachinovka, Novoosinovo, Blagodatovka (Kharkov region), and Aleksandrovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️ The enemy losses were up to 220 troops, one Kazak armoured vehicle, 13 pickup trucks, two electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots.
📍 The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops delivered strikes at formations of one mechanised brigade, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Seversk, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Berestok, Druzhkovka, Stepanovka, Karpovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses were up to 140 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and two ammunition and materiel depots.
📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, one airborne brigade, two air assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, one territorial defence brigade, the Azov Special Forces Brigade, and three National Guard brigades near Annovka, Dimitrov, Rodinskoye, Dobropolye, Svetloye, Vodyanskoye, Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Belozerskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▪️ The AFU losses were up to 430 troops, one Kazak armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of one assault brigade, three mechanised brigades, two assault regiments, the Aidar Separate Assault Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Vozdvizhenka, Kosovtsevo, Zaliznichnoye, Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region), and Andreyevka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▪️ The enemy losses were more than 235 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, one German0made 155-mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzer, one Czech-made Vampire MLRS, and one ammunition depot.
💥 The Dnepr Group of Forces’ units delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mountain assault brigade and one coastal defence brigade of the AFU near Volnyansk, Novoyakovlevka, Stepnogorsk, and Primorskoye (Zaporozhye region).
▪️ The enemy losses were more than 65 AFU troops, six motor vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition, materiel, and POL depots.
✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted fire damage on transport and energy infrastructure facilities that supported the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a long-range unmanned aerial vehicle assembly workshop, temporary deployment areas of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 145 areas.
🎯 Air defence units shot down 251 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
💥 The Black Sea Fleet’s units eliminated two uncrewed surface vehicles of the AFU in the north-western part of the Black Sea.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
▫️ 668 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 100,082 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 638 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,348 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,624 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 31,689 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 48,199 units of support military vehicles.