Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 19 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. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade close to Miropolye, Novaya Sech, and Grabovskoye in Sumy region.
In Kharkov region, units of two mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and a national guard brigade were hit near Yurchenkovo, Izbitskoye, Kolodeznoye, Staritsa, and Volchanskiye Khuthora in Kharkov region.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, five motor vehicles, and two artillery guns. Seven ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, an unmanned aerial vehicles battalion of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade near Borovaya, Monachinovka, Shiykovka, Novoosinovo, Velikaya Shapkovka, Glushkovka in Kharkov region, Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and Novoyegorovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic.
The enemy losses amounted to up to 160 troops, 17 motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, and three ammunition depots.
As a result of intensive actions, units of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces liberated Fedorovka Vtoraya in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Strikes were delivered at formations of three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, and a mountain assault brigade of the AFU near Krivaya Luka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Golubovka, Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Ilyinovka, and Stepanovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 185 troops, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. One electronic warfare station and four ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.
brigades close to Shevchenko, Belitskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Dobropolye, Kucherov Yar, Kutuzovka, Toretskoye, Grishino, and Novonikolayevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopodgorodnoye, and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 345 troops, two tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, and one electronic warfare station.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences. Russian troops inflicted losses on a mechanised brigade, an air assault brigade, an assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the AFU close to Vozdvizhevka, Lyubitskoye, Kopani, Dolinka, Zalivnoye, Zarnitsa, Komsomolskoye, Mirnoye, Lugovskoye in Zaporozhye region, and Pokrovskoye in Dnepropetrovsk region.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 285 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer. Two ammunition and materiel depots were neutralised.
The Dnepr Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade near Grigorovka, Belenkoye, Orekhov, and Shcherbaki in Zaporozhye region.
More than 55 troops, seven motor vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots of the AFU were neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces hit Ukrainian energy and transport infrastructure, used in the interests of the AFU, preparation and launch areas of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas.
Air defence systems shot down six guided aerial bombs and 356 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:
671 aircraft,
284 helicopters,
125,087 unmanned aerial vehicles,
652 anti-aircraft missile systems,
28,345 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,690 MLRS combat vehicles,
33,932 field artillery guns and mortars,
57,192 units of support military vehicles.