Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 28 December 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and defeated one assault regiment of the AFU near Kondratovka (Sum region).
In Kharkov direction, units of two heavy mechanised brigades, two mechanised brigades of the AFU, and one national guard brigade have been hit near Vesyoloye, Izbitskoye, Staritsa, and Stognii (Kharkov region).
The AFU lost up to 140 troops and 12 motor vehicles.
The Zapad Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, two national guard brigades, and one territorial defence brigade close to Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Kurilovka, Boldyrevka, Blagodatovka, Pristen, and Korovy Yar (Kharkov region).
In Kupyansk direction, units of the 6th Army repelled two attacks of the 92nd Assault Brigade and the 14th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Podoly and Nechvolodovkaa (Kharkov region) with the aim to break into the city of Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
Up to 15 militants and one T-64 tank were neutralised.
In total, more than 200 troops, one tank, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, three armoured fighting vehicles, and 10 pickup trucks were eliminated in the Zapad Group’s area of responsibility. Five ammunition depots were wiped out.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit seven mechanised brigades and one airmobile brigade of the AFU near Nikiforovka, Konstantinovka, Donetskoye, Reznikovka, Slavyansk, Krivaya Luka, Ilichevka and Ray-Aleksandrovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, three U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, two armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, and one ammunition depot.
e to Lenino, Ivanovka, Toretskoye, Kutuzovka, Grishino, Shevchenko, Belitskoye, Dobropolye, Vasilevka, Novy Donbass (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 500 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, one pickup truck, and one electronic reconnaissance station.
The Vostok Group’s units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy’s defence and completed liberation of Gulyaypole in Zaporozhye region.
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Dobropasovo, Gay, Gavrilovka, Pokrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Priluki, Vozdvizhevka, Ternovatoye, Charivnoye, Zaliznichnoye, and Barvinovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made U.S.-made M198 howitzer.
The Dnepr Group’s units liberated Stepnogorsk in Zaporozhye region by active actions.
Russian troops hit formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, Chervonaya Krinitsa (Zaporozhye region) and Sadovoye (Kherson region).
More than 60 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and two materiel depots have been neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on energy facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian military industry, missile engine components workshops, long-range attack drone assembly and launch preparations sites, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas.
Air defence systems shot down one guided aerial bomb and 370 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
669 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
105,665 unmanned aerial vehicles,
641 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,764 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,634 MLRS combat vehicles,
32,218 field artillery guns and mortars,
50,197 support military vehicles.