Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 17 December 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one jaeger brigade of the AFU and one National Guard regiment near Pisarevka, Varachino, and Shostka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops hit units of two heavy mechanised brigades, two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Stary Saltov, Revolyutsionnoye, Veliky Burluk, Izbitskoye, Volchanskiye Khutora, and Varvarovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 160 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, and two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Blagodatovka, Podoly, Kovsharovka, Novosergeyevka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Monachinovka (Kharkov region), and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 230 troops, three U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, three artillery guns including one 155-mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155-mm M114 howitzer, one electronic reconnaissance station, and five ammunition depots.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of four mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, and two National Guard brigades close to Reznikovka, Stepanovka, Slavyansk, Petrovskoye, Konstantinovka, and Kramatorsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were more than 200 troops, 18 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and POL depots.
The Tsentr Group of Forces‘ units continue to hit encircled enemy units in Vostochny district and Zapadny district of Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic). Russian troops mop up Rodinskoye, Svetloye, and Grishino (Donetsk People’s Republic) from scattered groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one airmobile brigade, one jaeger brigade, one UAV regiment, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, the Azov Special Forces Brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and two National Guard brigades near Volnoye, Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Udachnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy losses were more than 470 troops, two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns including two Western-made ones.
Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Andreyevka, Gavrilovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Ternovatoye, Gulyai-Pole, and Kosovtsevo (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 235 troops, two tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, three U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces launched attacks on formations of one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Razumovka, Novoyakovlevka (Zaporozhye region), and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
In addition, up to 45 Ukrainian troops, 11 motor vehicles, one 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, two ammunition depots, and two materiel depots were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted fire damage on an assembly and testing centre of uncrewed surface vehicles of the AFU, transport infrastructure facilities that supported the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assembly centres of long-range attack drones as well as temporary deployment areas of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 143 areas.
Air defence systems shot down 180 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
669 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
103,542 unmanned aerial vehicles,
640 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,574 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,633 MLRS combat vehicles,
31,973 field artillery guns and mortars,
49,280 support military vehicles.