Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 31 March 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
As a result of intensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces established control over Malaya Korchakovka (Sumy region).
Manpower and hardware of one AFU mechanised brigade and one territorial defence brigade have been hit close to Potapovka, Miropolye, Chervonaya Zarya, and Kondratovka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov region, units of one mechanised brigade and one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades have been hit near Zhovtnevoye, Bely Kolodez, Volchanskye Khutora, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, and Izbitskoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 270 troops and seven motor vehicles. Three ammunition depots, one POL depot, and eight materiel depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group’s units took more advantageous tactical situation. The Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Osinovo, Chervony Oskol, Novy Mir, (Kharkov region), Krasny Liman, Krymki, Svyatogorsk, and Stary Karavan (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 170 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, 27 motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and one counter-fire radar station. Three enemy ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Yuzhnaya Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one assault brigade, one unmanned systems brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Konstantinovka, Orekhovatka, Slavyansk, Ilyinovka, Lipovka, Ray-Aleksandrovka, Krivaya Luka, Golubovka, and Artema (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost up to 135 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and three electronic warfare stations. Five materiel depots have been neutralised.
ades close to Novopavlovka, Sergeyevka, Priyut, Grishino, Krasnoyarskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Novopodgorodnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 375 troops, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, and four electronic warfare stations.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade, three assault regiments of the AFU, and one marine brigade close to Boykovo, Vozdvizhevka, Dolinka, Kopani, Yegorovka (Zaporozhye region) and Gavrilovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU lost more than 270 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, and two ammunition and materiel depots.
The Dnepr Group’s units improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanised brigades close to Preobrazhenka and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).
More than 40 troops, nine motor vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots, and two 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 launch and storage sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 158 areas.
Air defence systems shot down six guided aerial bombs and 255 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
671 aircraft,
284 helicopters,
129,660 unmanned aerial vehicles,
652 anti-aircraft missile systems,
28,599 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,694 MLRS combat vehicles,
34,188 field artillery guns and mortars,
58,260 units of support military vehicles