Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 12 January 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Elements of two mechanised brigades and one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit near Andreyevka, Kondratovka, and Miropolye (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of a territorial defence brigade were hit close to Staritsa (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops, 16 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns, including one 155-mm Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station, one counter-battery radar station, and three material depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units hit manpower and materiel of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one National Guard brigade close to Blagodatovka, Kovsharovka, Monachinovka, Nechvolodovka, Novosinovo, Petrovka, and Sinikha (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 180 troops, one M113 armoured personnel carrier, two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles, 12 pick-up trucks, and one Grad MLRS. Three ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Yug Group’s units improved the situation along the front line. They hit units of four mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, and a territorial defence brigade near Kondratovka, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Nikiforovka, Slavyansk, and Stepanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost more than 190 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, including U.S.-made M113 and Puma armoured personnel carriers, 14 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, including U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery systems and Swedish-made Archer artillery systems. Four ammunition and materiel depots were neutralised.
e to Belitskoye, Vodyanskoye, Grishino (Donetsk People’s Republic), Gavrilovka, and Novopodgorodnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Ukrainian armed formations lost more than 400 troops. Moreover, five armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carrier, U.S.-made HMMWV and one Australian-made Bushmaster armoured fighting vehicles, as well as three pickup trucks and one artillery gun, were neutralised.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces advanced to the depths of the enemy’s defence. Russian troops hit manpower and military hardware of a mechanised brigade, an assault brigade, and three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Aleksandrovka, Orly (Dnepropetrovsk region), Golubkovo, Gorkoye, Zaliznichnoye, Novoukrainka, Samoylovka, and Shevchenkovskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU lost up to 205 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one Grad MLRS vehicle.
As a result of resolute actions of the Dnepr Group of Forces, Novoboykovskoye (Zaporozhye region) has been liberated.
Elements of a mountain assault brigade, a coastal defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defence brigade, and a National Guard brigade have been hit near Kirovo, Orekhov, Yurkovka (Zaporozhye region) and Sadovoye (Kherson region).
Up to 50 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, and one artillery gun were neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian groups of forces have inflicted damage on energy and transport infrastructure which operated in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; military airfields, long-range unmanned aerial vehicles production and storage facilities, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed groups and foreign mercenaries in 157 areas.
Air defence systems shot down five guided aerial bombs, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 52 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
670 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
108,458 unmanned aerial vehicles,
645 anti-aircraft missile systems,
27,074 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,640 MLRS combat vehicles,
32,517 field artillery guns and mortars,
51,537 units of support military vehicles.