Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 19 January 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
📍Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted losses on the formations of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Novaya Sech and Miropolye (Sumy region).
🔥In Kharkov direction, units of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade have been hit near Okhrimovka, Volchanskiye Khutora, and Neskuchnoye of Kharkov region.
▪️The enemy lost more than 170 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, 16 motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and five ammunition and materiel depots.
📍Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units engaged personnel and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Kovsharovka, Novoosinovo, Novoplatonovka, Boguslavka, Blagodatovka (Kharkov region), Sosnovoye, Yarovaya, and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
▪️The enemy losses amounted to more than 200 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 16 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and four ammunition depots.
📍Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Units of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and one mountain assault brigade of the AFU have been hit near Konstantinovka, Krasnotorka, Stepanovka, Reznikovka, and Berestok (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️Up to 225 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, and one Grad MLRS vehicle of the AFU have been neutralised. One electronic warfare station, two ammunition and POL depots were neutralised.