Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 5 July 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Sumy region, units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Khrapovshchina, Kondratovka, Bessalovka, Sadki, Novaya Sech, and Andreyevka (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, five field artillery guns, and three ammunition depots.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Kupyansk, Berezovka, Peschanoye, and Petrovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 230 troops, eight motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. Three electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar, and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Reznikovka, Chasov Yar, Seversk, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 troops, two pickup trucks, one field artillery gun, one Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher, one electronic warfare station, and one materiel depot.
nskoye, Novoeconomicheskoye, Boykovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Grodovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 440 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, and five field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Kamyshevakha, Poddubnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Poltavka, Malinovka, Gulaipole, and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 155 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and six motor vehicles.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formation of one mechanised brigade, one coastal defence brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 90 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns. Six electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots, and one materiel depot were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed two launchers and two AN/МPQ-65 radar stations of the U.S.-made Patriot air defence system, inflicted losses on infrastructure of military airfields, POL and materiel depots, UAV workshops and depots, as well as struck temporary deployment areas of AFU formations, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries in 152 areas.
Air defence units shot down one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, one Neptune long-range guided missile, three aviation bombs, and 371 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy lost:
663 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
67,349 unmanned aerial vehicles,
614 anti-aircraft missile systems,
24,137 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,575 MLRS combat vehicles,
26,993 field artillery guns and mortars,
37,677 units of support military vehicles.