Report by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 29 October 2026

Published on 29 October 2026 at 15:21

MOSCOW: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.📍 Units of the Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions.

💥 In Kharkov region, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, three motorised infantry brigades, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Zolochev, Golubovka, Nikolskoye, Izbitskoye, Lobanovka, and Dergachi.

🔥 Besides, in Sumy region, formations of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defence brigades have been hit close to Yastrebinoye, Vakalovshchina, Putivl, and Radkovka.

▪️ The enemy lost more than 260 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. They inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces and one territorial defence brigade near Mayaki, Bogorodichnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Podvysokoye, Glushchenkovo, Studenok, and Monachinovka (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, 13 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun.

📍 Units of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at formations of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one marine brigade close to Druzhkovka, Nikolayevka, Vasilyevskaya Pustosh, Semenovka, Slavyansk, and Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The enemy lost more than 145 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 30 motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.


📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, and three national guard brigades near Mezhevaya (Dnepropetrovsk region), Stepanovka, Belozerskoye, Shilovka, Andreyevka, Roganskoye, Starovarvarovka, Veselaya Gora, and Novopavlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU formations have lost more than 340 troops, seven armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.

↗️ The Vostok Group's units advanced to the depth of the enemy's defence. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two air assault brigades, one assault brigade, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one marine brigade close to Gavrilovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Sergeyevka, Barvinovka, Vasilevskoye, Tersyanka, and Volnyanka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 175 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.

📍 The Dnepr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. Formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade have been hit close to Orekhov, Yurkovka, and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ Up to 15 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles have been neutralised.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on transport infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, UAV launch sites, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 139 areas.

▫️ Air defence systems shot down 1,425 fixed-wing UAVs.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

▫️ 674 aircraft,
▫️ 284 helicopters,
▫️ 274,465 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 672 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 31,451 armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,794 MLRS fighting vehicles,
▫️ 36,837 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 75,893 special military vehicles.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry.

 


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