Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 25 March 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU mechanised brigade and one territorial defence brigade near Ivolzhanskoye, Manukhovka, Bublikovo, Khrapovshchina, and Bititsa (Sumy region).
In Kharkov region, units of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade have been hit near Izbitskoye, Velikaya Babka, and Verkhnyaya Pisarevka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 310 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, 21 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS. Two Israeli-made RADA counter-fire radars, one electronic warfare station, one ammunition depot, and six materiel depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops engaged manpower and military hardware of four mechanised brigades, one security brigade of the General Staff of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Monachinovka, Shevchenkovo, Sobolevka, Palamarevka, Staroverovka (Kharkov region), and one Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 180 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 30 motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and one Czech-made Vampire MLRS. One electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were neutralised.
As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces liberated Nikiforovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Formations of seven mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, one motorised infantry brigade, and one mountain assault brigade of the AFU have been hit near Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Ray-Aleksandrovka, Lipovka, Bylbasovka, Novoselovka, Kramatorsk, Nikolayevka, and Slavyansk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU lost up to 200 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, and eight field artillery guns, including two of them manufactured by NATO countries. Three electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and one POL depot were neutralised.
near Krasnoyarskoye, Svetloye, Toretskoye, Verovka, Dobropolye, Grishino, Torskoye, Sergeyevka, Belitskoye, Novopavlovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Up to 300 troops, one tank, two armoured personnel carriers, six armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns have been neutralised. One radar and one ammunition depot have been neutralised.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The losses were inflicted on the formations of two mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, two assault brigades, four assault regiments of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Vozdvizhevka, Vasinovka, Zelenoye, Komsomolskoye, Charivnoye, Kopani, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), Levadnoye, and Prosyanaya (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy lost up to 330 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and two artillery guns. One U.S.-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-fire radar and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU Mountain Assault Brigade, one Marine Brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, Odarovka (Zaporozhye region) and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).
Up to 40 troops, eight motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and three 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 assembly facilities of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and their launch sites, energy facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 149 areas.
Air defence systems shot down three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, four Neptune long-range guided missiles, and 543 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
671 aircraft,
284 helicopters,
127,465 unmanned aerial vehicles,
652 anti-aircraft missile systems,
28,475 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,693 MLRS combat vehicles,
34,067 field artillery guns and mortars,
57,766 units of support military vehicles.