Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 14 December 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of a jaeger brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade near Alekseyevka and Ryzhevka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of a heavy mechanised brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades have been hit near Velikiy Burluk, Vilcha, Okhrimovka, and Prilipka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to over 240 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and two materiel depots.
The Zapad Group of Forces continues to destroy an enemy group surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a national guard brigade near Blagodatovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Petrovka, Podoly, Shiykovka (Kharkov region), and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU lost up to 220 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, a Croatian-made Heron MLRS launcher, and three ammunition depots.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit five mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Reznikova, Seversk, Slavyansk, and Stepanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, 13 motor vehicles, and a U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.
The Tsentr Group of Forces units continued to neutralise the encircled AFU formations near a railway station,north-eastern and western parts of Dimitrov as well as to mop up the settlements of Grishino and Svetloye (Donetsk People’s Republic)
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two air assault brigades, an unmanned systems regiment, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, a territorial defence brigade, four national guard brigades, and an Azov special forces brigade near Belitskoye, Grishino, Krasnoyarskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Rodinskoye, Toretskoye, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy lost up to 495 troops, a Kazak armoured vehicle, a pickup truck, and a field artillery gun.
The Vostok Group of Forces continues to advance to the depths of the enemy’s defence and has completed the liberation of Varvarovka (Zaporozhye region).
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, and a territorial defence brigade close to Andreyevka, Gavrilovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Vozdvizhenka, Gulyaypole, Kosovtsevo, Lyubitskoye, and Ternovatoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy lost more than 300 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on a mountain assault brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade close to Orekhov, Razumovka (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye (Dneprovsk region), and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
More than 45 troops, six motor vehicles, two artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and two materiel depots have been neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted losses on fuel depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.
Air defence systems shot down four guided aerial bombs and 290 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
669 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
102,637 unmanned aerial vehicles,
639 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,531 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,631 MLRS combat vehicles,
31,891 field artillery guns and mortars,
49,012 support military vehicles.