Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 6 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. Two mechanised brigades of the AFU were hit near Miropolye and Sadki (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one national guard brigade, and one territorial defence brigade have been hit near Volchanskiye Khutora, Staritsa, and Olkhovatka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and one anti-aircraft missile system. An electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, and four materiel depots were neutralised.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units engaged manpower and hardware of mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade of the AFU,and two national guard brigades close to Velikaya Shapkovka, Blagodatovka, Pristen, Kurilovka, and Samborovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 210 troops, one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, five artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station. Three AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Strikes were delivered at formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Zakotnoye, Krivaya Luka, Druzhkovka, Rayskoye, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost up to 210 troops, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and one Western-made artillery gun. Two materiel depots were destroyed.
e to Grishino, Belitskoye, Toretskoye, Rodinskoye, Vodyanskoye, Krasnoyarskoye, Shilovka, Dobropolye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopavlovka, and Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU lost up to 380 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns, including two Western-made ones.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The Group’s units inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one assault brigade, three assault regiments of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade close to Kommunarovka, Gavrilovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Zelyonoye, Ternovatoye, Rizdvyanka, Zelyonaya Dibrova, and Staroukrainka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and three artillery guns, including two Western-made artillery ones. One materiel depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Orekhov, Kirovo, and Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 50 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one counter-battery radar station have been neutralised. Two materiel depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on the storage areas of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations in 158 areas.
Air defence systems shot down two guided aerial bombs, two HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 360 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
670 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
107,929 unmanned aerial vehicles,
643 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,951 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,636 MLRS combat vehicles,
32,415 field artillery guns and mortars,
50,955 units of support military vehicles