Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 5 November 2025
👮♂️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Pavlovka, Kondratovka, Alekseyevka, and Proletarskoye (Sumy region).
🔥 In Kharkov direction, units of one mechanised brigade and one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU were hit near Volchansk.
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 285 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. One electronic reconnaissance station, one ammunition depot, and five materiel depots were neutralised.
➡️ The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Petrovka, Novoplatonovka, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), and Novoselovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
💥 Units of the 6th Army continue to destroy the encircled enemy group close to Kupyansk (Kharkov region). Over the past 24 hours, four counter-attacks launched by units of the 92nd Assault Brigade and 151st Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and the 1st National Guard Brigade have been thwarted near Monachinovka, Blagodatovka, and Petrovka (Kharkov region).
▪️ Over the past 24 hours, up to 50 troops, 26 pieces of weapons, including one M113 armoured personnel carrier, and one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, seven armoured vehicles, two mortars, one lorry, and eight pickup trucks have been neutralised close to Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
▪️ In total, more than 230 troops, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns of the AFU have been neutralised in the area of responsibility of the Zapad Group of Forces. Six electronic warfare stations, one counter-fire radar, and six ammunition depots were neutralised.
📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops engaged units of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and national guard brigade near Konstantinovka, Seversk, Druzhkovka, and Fedorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 23 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. Three electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one air assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one national guard brigade have been hit near Toretskoye, Dobropolye, Rodinskoye, Udachnoye, and Kotlino (Donetsk People’s Republic), Petropavlovka, and Demurino (Dnepropetrovsk region).
rict and in the private sector. The offensive continues in the northern direction.
🔥 In addition, the planned destruction of Ukrainian militants is underway, 24 buildings have been liberated in Gnatovka and Rog (Donetsk People’s Republic). Russian troops thwarted the enemy’s attempt to break through the encirclement ring. During the day, 12 counter-attacks of the enemy were repelled in the northern and north-western directions of Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
↗️ Units of the 51st Army of the 5th Motorised Rifle Brigade liberated 19 buildings in northern, eastern, and south-eastern parts of Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic) and move towards Zapadny neighbourhood. The expansion of the control zone and tightening of the enemy’s encirclement continue.
▪️ More than 200 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two pickup trucks of the AFU have been neutralised in this area over past 24 hours.
▪️ In total, up to 470 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and one artillery gun of the AFU were neutralised in the Tsentr Group’s area of responsibility.
📍 The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences. Russian troops inflicted losses on the formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Ravnopolye, Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region) and Yegorovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 250 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.
💥 The Dnepr Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and one coastal defence brigade of the AFU near Nikolskoye, Sadovoye, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
▪️ Up to 65 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, five electronic warfare stations, 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 energy and transport infrastructure that provides operations for the AFU, a UAV assembly workshop, ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in the 142 areas.
🎯 Air defence systems shot down one guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 123 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
▫️ 668 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 95,059 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 635 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 25,862 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,609 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 31,099 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 45,925 units of support military vehicles.