Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 7 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 engaged one mechanised brigade of the AFU near Kiyanitsa, Kondratovka, and Khrapovshchina (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of three mechanised brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade have been hit close to Varvarovka, Volchanskiye Khutora, Pokalyanoye, Ryasnoye, and Ternovaya (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, 17 motor vehicles, one Swedish-made Arthur counter-fire radar station, one electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two assault brigades of the AFU and one national guard brigade near Blagodatovka, Grushevka, Nechvolodovka (Kharkov region), Prishib, Tatyanovka, and Yatskovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 190 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and five ammunition depots.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one marine brigade have been hit near Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Nikolayevka, Reznikovka, Slavyansk, and Stepanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost more than 190 troops, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and four artillery guns, including one German-made 155-mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station and three materiel depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of three heavy mechanised brigades, two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one air assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, two marine brigades, one Azov special forces brigade, and five national guard brigades close to Belitskoye, Dobropolye, Novy Donbass, Toretskoye, Udachnoye, and Shilovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Gavrilovka, Leninskoye, and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 425 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and one Buran MLRS launcher.
dware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the AFU close to Verkhnyaya Tersa, Gorkoye, Zhovtnevoye, Zaliznichnoye, Zelenoye, and Rizdvyanka (Zaporozhye region).
More than 270 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, four armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and one Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile launcher of the AFU have been neutralised.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on one mechanised brigade and one mountain assault brigade of the AFU close to Kirovo, Orekhov (Zaporozhye region), Lvovo and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
More than 45 servicemen, one armoured fighting vehicle, 11 motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and two materiel depots of the AFU have been neutralised.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on the production, storage, preparation and launch areas of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots and military materiel, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed groups in 140 areas.
Air defence systems shot down one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile and 106 fixed-wing UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
670 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
108,035 unmanned aerial vehicles,
644 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,976 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,637 MLRS combat vehicles,
32,435 field artillery guns and mortars,
51,068 units of support military vehicles.