Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 25 December 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops hit two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one national guard brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one border detachment of the Ukrainian border service near Kondratovka, Novaya Sech, Novovasilevka, Pavlovka, and Pisarevka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of two mechanised brigades and one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU have been hit near Izbitskoye, Rybalkino, and Staritsa (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 265 troops, two artillery guns, and 14 motor vehicles. Two Israeli-made RADA radars and three materiel depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. The Group’s formations inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Blagodatovka, Boguslavka, Grushevka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Nechvolodovka, Novosergeyevka, Podoly (Kharkov region) and Drobyshevo (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Up to 220 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns of the AFU have been neutralised. Three enemy ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of resolute actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Svyato-Pokrovskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Russian troops hit one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and one marine brigade near Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Nikiforovka, and Reznikovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy has lost more than 215 troops, one tank, six armoured fighting vehicles, 16 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, three ammunition depots, and five materiel depots.
The Tsentr Group of Forces units continue to destroy the enemy surrounded in the city of Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The attempt of the 82nd Airborne Brigade of the AFU to break through the defence in the south-east of Grishino (Donetsk People’s Republic) to regain lost positions was thwarted.
Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one airborne brigade, one airmobile brigade, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade close to Belitskoye, Volnoye, Grishino, Gruzskoye, Ivanovka, Krivorozhye, Maryevka, Sergeyevka, Udachnoye, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 445 troops, one tank, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces continue to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defence. Three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade have been hit close to Gavrilovka, Pokrovskoye in Dnepropetrovsk region, Vozdvizhenka, Gulyaipole, Pridorozhnoye, and Ternovatoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 235 troops, one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system. Two materiel depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Grigorovka, Novoyakovlevka, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region) and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
More than 65 troops, 20 motor vehicles, one artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and one ammunition depot and three materiel depots of the AFU were neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have hit airfield and port infrastructure, production areas of attack drones, energy facilities that support the AFU, as well as temporary deployment points of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.
Air defence systems shot down six guided aerial bombs, one HIMARS-made MLRS projectile, and 472 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
669 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
104,953 unmanned aerial vehicles,
640 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,717 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,634 MLRS combat vehicles,
32,153 field artillery guns and mortars,
49,974 support military vehicles.