Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 8 January 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on units of a mechanised brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kondratovka and Ryzhevka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of an AFU mechanised brigade and a territorial defence brigade were hit close to Volchanskiye Khutora and Staritsa (Kharkov region).
The AFU lost up to 120 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and a materiel depot.
The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit manpower and military hardware of a mechanised brigade, an assault brigade of the AFU, and a National Guard brigade near Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kovsharovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Glushkovka, and Blagodatovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 180 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and three ammunition depots.
The Yug Group’s units improved the situation along the front line. The Group hit units of two AFU mechanised brigades, a territorial defence brigade, and a National Guard brigade near Nikolayevka, Stepanovka, Minkovka, Zakotnoye, Konstantinovka, and Berestok (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost more than 200 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, and six ammunition and materiel depots.
\Grishino, Kutuzovka, Novokrivorozhye, Belitskoye, Volnoye, Annovka, Toretskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Novopodgorodnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 410 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, an artillery gun, and seven pick-up trucks.
As a result of intensive actions, the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Bratskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and military hardware of a mechanised brigade, an assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the AFU close to Verkhnyaya Tersa, Tsvetkovoye, Priluki, and Vozdvizhevka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU sustained losses of more than 220 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three artillery guns, and seven motor vehicles.
The Dnepr Group of Forces units inflicted losses on an AFU mechanised brigade and a territorial defence brigade close to Pavlovka, Veselyanka, and Novoyakovlevka (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 50 Ukrainian troops, one field artillery gun, and 10 motor vehicles were neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces have inflicted damage on the facilities of power and port infrastructure used for the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and defence industry; assembly and storage areas of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152 areas.
Air defence systems shot down 142 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
670 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
108 177 unmanned aerial vehicles,
644 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26 992 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1 637 MLRS combat vehicles,
32 445 field artillery guns and mortars,
51 197 units of support military vehicles.