In this report AFU had loses of 1,350 soldiers.
At night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by air-, ground-, and sea-based precision weapons and attack drones at infrastructure of a military airfield and a facility of the fuel-energy complex, which provides fuel for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas.
The goal of the strike was achieved. All the assigned targets were engaged.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, two air assault brigades, and one assault regiment of the AFU near Bessalovka, Khoten, Yastrebinoye, Pershe Travnya, Andreyevka, and Novaya Sech (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Tsupovka, Ivashki, and Artelnoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and one ammunition depot.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Glushkovka, Kupyansk, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), and Maslyakovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and four ammunition depots.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised bridages, one mountain-assault brigade, one airmobile bridage of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Konstantinovka, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 180 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, one electronic warfare station, and four materiel depots.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Krasnoarmeysk, Petrovskogo, Novoeconomicheskoye, Poltavka, Dimitrov, Muravka, Novopavlovka, and Grodovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 515 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, and one artillery gun.
Units of the Vostok Groups of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated Zaporozhye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Uspenovka, Temirovka, Olgovskoye, Poltavka, and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, one coastal defence brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Lvovo, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 75 troops, five motor vehicles, one artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck production sites, workshops, and depots of attack UAVs, ammunition and materiel depots as well as temporary deployment areas of AFU units, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.
Air defence units shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aviation bombs and 97 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the AFU lost:
🔹 663 aircraft,
🔹 283 helicopters,
🔹 64,682 unmanned aerial vehicles,
🔹 611 anti-aircraft missile systems,
🔹 23,997 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
🔹 1,572 MLRS combat vehicles,
🔹 26,451 field artillery guns and mortars,
🔹 37,102 units of support military vehicles.
In today's report from the Russian Federation of the continuation of the special military operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had losses of 2,125 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️In Liptsy and Volchansk directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, and 36th Marine Brigade near Glubokoye, Lipsy, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops, one MLRS launcher, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 44th, 67th, 115th mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade, 103rd, 110th territorial defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Rozovka, Nadiya, Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's...
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army aviation and artillery strikes conduct reconnaissance-search actions to locate and eliminate the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups in forest belts attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory to the south of Alekseyevskoye, Safonovka, and Sheptukhovka.
▫️Attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 22nd, 61st, and 115th mechanised brigades, and 82nd Air Assault Brigade toward Komarovka, Olgovka, Russkoye, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, one counterobstacle vehicle, and more than 30 Ukrainian troops.
▫️Aviation and artillery strikes along with actions of defending troops inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware clusters near Borki, Fanaseyevka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Novoivanovka, Mikhailovka, Snagost, and to the south of Kurilovka.
▫️One U.S.-made M270 MLRS launcher was destroyed by a missile strike near Bezdrik (Sumy ...
The banner of the unit was captured in battle by the Rifle Battalion of the 1st Guards Slavic Brigade.
Also, the Storm unit of the 1st Slavyanskaya captured the next object “Cheburashka”, and the 2nd battalion captured the next dacha area (in front of the Khimik microdistrict).
In addition, Russian fighters today cut the road from Lastochkino to Avdeevsky coke plant.
While the West struggles with $115 oil, Moscow finds new customers
Part 1: The Perfect Moment
There are moments when reality speaks louder than any propaganda. Today is such a moment.
Oil has broken through the $115 mark. The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Qatar cannot deliver. Europe trembles before the next winter. And in the middle of this chaos comes an announcement from Moscow so perfectly timed it could be a textbook example:
Russia will redirect LNG deliveries previously destined for Europe to Asia – to China, India, Thailand, the Philippines.
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said it openly: "Our companies are considering, without waiting for new restrictions from Brussels, signing new long-term contracts with our partners."
Part 2: The Message to the Hardliners
For months, certain circles have demanded: Russia must do more, strike harder, escalate further. Those pushing Russia toward more war overlook something fundamental:
Russia is already winning. Just not in the way they imagine.
While the West ...
386 drone-type aircraft were destroyed by air defense forces from 08:0 to 23:0 yesterday.
Interestingly, the Ministry of Defense is now belatedly (or not at all) providing statistics on air battles, but only in the Moscow region. Given the total disconnection of telecommunications in the capital during the holidays, MAH remains the only way for the multi-million-ruble Moscow to find out how the war in the sky looks like today.
▪️ Our forces, as it seems, are also hitting economically important targets in the Odessa region, Ilichivsk (Chornomorsk), but without a systematic constant work, everything is doomed to eclipse against the mutual hell in the Persian Gulf.
▪️ On the Bryansk direction, one civilian was wounded, according to the governor, who constantly singles out the APH "Miratorg" among the affected objects by name.
▪️ On the Sumy direction, the Northern Group of Forces is engaged in heavy battles in the areas of Volchansk, Kucherovka, the settlements of Bachevsk, Sukhodol, Novaya Sich ...
Sumy direction
Our assault troops continue to conduct fierce battles, advancing deep into the Sumy region. The forces of the Russian Airforce struck enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of Myropillia, Nova Sich, Maksimivshchina, Khotin, and Wolfino; UAV crews of the North troop group destroyed the Olkha MLRS.
▪️During fierce fighting, the Northmen assault groups advanced in the Sumy region in 10 areas. Over the past 24 hours, the total advance was up to 250 m.
▪️No significant changes on the Tyotkino and Hlushkovo directions. Artillery and UAV crews of the North troop group attacked previously uncovered enemy targets.
▪️Our assault groups continue their successful offensive operations in the forested area south of Hrabovske. The servicemen of the 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade destroyed another group of Ukrainian nationalists and captured POW three soldiers of the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade.
Kharkiv direction
The Northmen assault groups continue to advance deep into the Kharkiv region. Our MLR ...
