Report by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 26 May 2025.

Published on 26 May 2025 at 12:52

MOSCOW: Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike with long-range airborne precision weapons and strike drones on targets at the Starokonstantinov airfield. The strikes achieved their goal, all designated targets were hit.

🚩 Units of the North group of forces, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the settlements of Vladimirovka and Belovody in the Sumy region.

💥 Concentrations of manpower and equipment of the airborne assault, two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Yablonovka, Alekseyevka, Sadki, Pisarevka and Osoyevka in the Sumy region.

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 275 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, nine cars, four field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and a counter-battery radar station.

📍 Units of the West group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three territorial defense brigades, and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Glushchenkovo, Olgovka, Andreyevka, Peschanoye in the Kharkiv region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 235 servicemen, a tank, two combat armored vehicles, 10 cars, and three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.

↗️ Units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zakotnoye, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka and Vyemka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 205 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, five cars and a field artillery gun. Two electronic warfare stations and two field ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the formations of three mechanized, ranger, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a marine brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Oktyabrskoye, Novoolenovka, Artema, Petrovskoye, Dimitrov, Novotoretskoye and Grodovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The enemy's losses amounted to 475 servicemen, nine combat armored vehicles, eight cars and an artillery piece.

📍 Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novopil, Otradnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole and Chervone of the Zaporizhia region.

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 160 servicemen, a tank, an armored personnel carrier, 12 cars and three field artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

💥 Units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriivka, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

▪️ Up to 65 servicemen, four vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated military airfield infrastructure facilities, ammunition depots, storage sites for strike unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.

🎯 Air defense systems shot down seven JDAM guided aerial bombs and five US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 220 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, 139 of which were outside the special military operation zone.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 663 aircraft,

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 59,652 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 607 anti-aircraft missile systems,

▫️ 23,594 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

▫️ 1,564 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,

▫️ 25,306 field artillery pieces and mortars,

▫️ 36,001 units of special military vehicles.

 

Russian Defense Ministry.

 


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