Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 9 December 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade, one jaeger brigade, one air assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the areas of Ryzhevka, Andreyevka, Varachino, Iskriskovshchina, and Ivolzhanskoye (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of three mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade have been hit close to Veterinarnoye, Staritsa, and Vilcha (Kharkov region).
Up to 235 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, and five ammunition and materiel depots have been neutralised.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces continue to destroy an enemy group surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River.
Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Glushkovka, Kovsharovka, Podoly (Kharkov region) and Drobyshevo (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU lost more than 220 troops, one tank, seven armoured fighting vehicles, including one UK-made Spartan armoured personnel carrier, 20 motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and four ammunition depots.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Seversk, Platonovka, Stepanovka, Minkovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 135 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carrier, and one Canadian-made Senator armoured vehicle have been neutralised. In addition, 12 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, one electronic warfare station, and four ammunition and materiel depots were eliminated.
The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. The Group’s units inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, two air assault brigade, three assault regiments of the AFU, three marine brigades, one territorial defence brigade, and four national guard brigades close to Volnoye, Vodyanskoye, Belitskoye, Rodinskoye, Torskoye, Grishino, Sergeyevka, Novokrivorozhye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
In Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic), the assault detachments of the 51st Army continued to neutralise the enemy’s encircled formations in the Vostochny and Zapadny microdistricts.
The enemy lost more than 445 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated the settlement of Ostapovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade have been hit close to Varvarovka, Kosovtsevo, Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region) and Andreyevka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, and one materiel depot.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged formations of one mechanised brigade and one coastal defence brigade of the AFU close to Novoandreyevka, Lukyanovskoye (Zaporozhye region), and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
Up to 40 troops, 13 motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and two materiel depots have been neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on an Ukrainian defence industry enterprise, energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the AFU, assembly and storage facilities of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 157 areas.
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Air defence systems shot down one guided bomb, 13 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 280 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy lost:
669 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
101,411 unmanned aerial vehicles,
639 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,467 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,627 MLRS combat vehicles,
31,815 field artillery guns and mortars,
48,692 units of support military vehicles.