Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 15 March 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two territorial defence brigades close to Kiyanitsa, Zapselye, Volnaya Sloboda, and Bereza (Sumy region).
In Kharkov region, units of three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, an artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a national guard brigade have been hit close to Pechenegi, Mitrofanovka, Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Manuilovka, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, and Olshany (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 250 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, one Tunguska anti-aircraft gun system, 10 motor vehicles, and one 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system. One counter-fire radar and nine material depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Three mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade were hit near Borovaya, Osinovo, Palamarevka, Grushevka, Berezovka (Kharkov region), and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 200 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, four armoured fighting vehicles, 24 motor vehicles, and three artillery guns including two Western-made artillery pieces. U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-fire and Israeli-made RADA radars as well as four ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Yuzhnaya Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Four mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit near Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Piskunovka, Kaleniki, and Slavyansk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost more than 200 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. A U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire radar, a signal intelligence station, an ammunition depot, two fuel depots, and six materiel dumps were neutralised.
nfantry brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade, the Azov Special Operations Brigade, three national guard brigades close to Maryevka, Dobropolye, Toretskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Belitskoye, Grishino, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic), Raypole, Novopodgorodnoye, and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 295 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Strikes were delivered at formations of two air assault brigades, an assault brigade, six assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a marine brigade close to Podgavrilovka, Pisantsy, Pokrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Lyubitskoye, Lesnoye, Kopani, and Vozdvizhevka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 310 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU near Grigorovka, Orekhov, and Preobrazhenka in Zaporozhye region.
Up to 60 troops, 11 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations, a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire radar, and three fuel and materiel depots have been neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on the Ukrainian energy and transport infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the training and launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas.
Russian air defence systems shot down two Neptune long-range guided missiles, four guided aerial bombs, 12 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 605 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
671 aircraft,
284 helicopters,
123,500 unmanned aerial vehicles,
652 anti-aircraft missile systems,
28,276 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,690 MLRS combat vehicles,
33,864 field artillery guns and mortars,
56,811 units of support military vehicles.