Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 29 March 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. The Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three territorial defence brigades close to Volnaya Sloboda, Ikriskovshchina, Novaya Sech, Novodmitrovka, and Shostka in Sumy region.
In Kharkov region, units of two mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, and an artillery brigade of the AFU were hit near Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Volchanskiye Khutora, Malaya Volchya, and Ternovaya in Kharkov region.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, one armoured fighting vehicle, and 13 motor vehicles. One ammunition and two materiel depots were eliminated.
As a result of resolute actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Kovsharovka in Kharkov region.
Russian troops inflicted losses on formations of three mechanised brigades of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Blagodatovka, Monatchinovka, Moskovka, Studenok (Kharkov region), Krasny Liman, and Stary Karavan (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 190 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, and two ammunition depots.
The Yuzhnaya Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, and an assault brigade of the AFU near Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Gorodeshchino, Kondratovka, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, and Rai-Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The enemy lost up to 225 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, five artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station. Two ammunition depots and four materiel depots were neutralised.
ssault regiment of the AFU, and three national guard brigades near Belitskoye, Vasilevka, Grishino, Dobropolye, Kutuzovka, Lenina, Maryevka, Novogrigorovka, Sergeyevka, Torskoye, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Raipole (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 310 troops, one tank, two armoured personnel carriers, four armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and one electronic warfare station.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The Group’s units inflicted losses on formations of a mechanised brigade, an assault brigade, two air assault brigades, and five assault regiments of the AFU close to Velikomikhaylovka, Dobropasovo, Lugovoye in Dnepropetrovsk region, Vozdvizhevka, Dolinka, Komsomolskoye, Kopani, and Mirnoye in Zaporozhye region.
The enemy lost more than 280 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one materiel depot.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mountain assault brigade of the AFU and a marine brigade near Kamyshevakha (Zaporozhye region), Molodetskoye and Nadezhdovka (Kherson region).
Up to 70 troops, 19 motor vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, and one Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 counter-fire radar station of the AFU were neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged aircraft hardware at military airfields, energy and transport infrastructure facilities of Ukraine used in the interests of the AFU, long-range unmanned aerial vehicles launch sites, Flamingo long-range cruise missiles storage sites, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 areas.
Air defence systems shot down 13 guided aerial bomb and 345 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
671 aircraft,
284 helicopters,
129,093 unmanned aerial vehicles,
652 anti-aircraft missile systems,
28,562 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,694 MLRS combat vehicles,
34,150 field artillery guns and mortars,
58,093 units of support military vehicles