Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 15 December 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two territorial defence brigades and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Miropolye, Kondratovka, and Ryzhevka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops launched attacks on units of four mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Primorskoye, Baranovka, Nesternoye, Vilcha, Volchanskiye Khutora, and Pershotravnevoye (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were more than 270 troops, 13 motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and four materiel depots.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces continue to inflict fire damage on an encircled enemy group on the left bank of the Oskol River.
Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Glushkovka, Monachinovka, Shiykovka, Blagodatovka, Podoly (Kharkov region), and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses were more than 220 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles including two Stryker armoured personnel carriers, and two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles. In addition, 12 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station, and three ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops launched attacks on formations of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one National Guard brigade, and one brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Petrovskoye, Stepanovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 195 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, two artillery guns, three ammunition depots, and four fuel depots.
The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units continued to hit positions of the enemy in Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic) as well as to mop up the area from scattered Ukrainian troops near Svetloye, Grishino, and Rodinskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one airmobile brigade, two air assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, one territorial defence brigade, and two National Guard brigades close to Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novopodgorodnoye, and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy losses were more than 490 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, five motor vehicles, and two artillery guns including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer.
s a result of resolute actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Peschanoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Gulyai Pole, Kosovtsevo (Zaporozhye region), Andreyevka, and Velemikhaylovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses were more than 240 troops, eight motor vehicles, one artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and two materiel depots.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces launched attack on formations of two mechanised brigades, one coastal defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Razumovka, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region) and Otradokamenka (Kherson region).
The enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, four electronic warfare stations, one ammunition depot, and one materiel depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted fire damage on transport infrastructure facilities involved in delivering Western-made weapons, ammunition, fuel depots, temporary deployment areas of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 167 areas.
Air defence systems shot down one Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, 17 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 545 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
669 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
103,182 unmanned aerial vehicles,
639 anti-aircraft missile systems,
26,546 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,631 MLRS combat vehicles,
31,915 field artillery guns and mortars,
49,076 support military vehicles.