Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 12 August 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one jaeger brigade, one airborne brigade, one air assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Varachino, Stepnoye, Yunakovka, Pershe Travnya, and Andreyevka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, the Russian troops hit units of one mechanised brigade, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade near Volchansk, Melovoye, and Sinelnikovo (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 175 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and three ammunition depots.
The Zapad Group’s units took more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of two mechanised brigades and one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Osinovo, Kupyansk, Petropavlovka, Peschanoye, Borovskaya Andreyevka (Kharkov region), Karpovka, Kolodezi, and Sredneye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 215 troops, one tank, two UK-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, and three artillery guns, including two manufactured by NATO countries. Six electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots of the enemy were neutralised.
The Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and hit manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, the Azov special brigade, and the Lyut assault brigade of the Ukrainian National Police near Serebryanka, Mayskoye, Seversk, Kleban-Byk, Katerinovka, Shcherbinovka, Konstantinovka, and Belaya Gora (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy sustained losses of more than 265 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, one ammunition depot, and one materiel depot.
rasny Liman, Dimitrov, Muravka, Dachnoye, Suvorovo, Rodinskoye, Udachnoye, Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Filiya (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 365 troops, six motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and two electronic warfare stations.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued to advance to the depths of the enemy’s defence and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Iskra, Kamyshevakha, Aleksandrograd (Donetsk People’s Republic), Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Levadnoye, Zeleny Gai, and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 270 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, 10 motor vehicles, and six artillery guns, including two manufactured by NATO countries. One electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were neutralised.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade, one coastal defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Novoandreyevka, Lukyanovskoye (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Tokarevka, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
The enemy suffered losses of more than 125 troops, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, three field artillery guns, including two U.S.-made M777 howitzers, eight electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, two materiel depots, and one POL depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on a Ukrainian defence industry enterprise, workshops of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage areas, ammunition depots, an AFU training centre, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.
Air defence systems shot down six guided aerial bombs and 179 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
665 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
76 676 unmanned aerial vehicles,
625 anti-aircraft missile systems,
24 546 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1 585 MLRS combat vehicles,
28 426 field artillery guns and mortars,
39 561 special military vehicles.