Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (16 March 2025)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one assault battalion of the AFU and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine close to Perovskoye and Kazachya Lopan (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 troops, six motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade and one artillery brigade of the AFU near Izyumskoye, Vyssheye Solenoye, Borovaya, Druzhelyubovka, Katerinovka (Kharkov region), and Novoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 240 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, ten motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, one Grad MLRS launcher, and two Kvertus electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of seven mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade were hit near Seversk, Novaya Poltavka, Krymskoye, Novoolenovka, Gorkogo, Pleshcheyevka, Dronovka, Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Stupochki, and Ivanpolye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 305 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, seven field artillery guns, to include four Western-made artillery guns and one Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher. One materiel depot was destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops launched an attack on four mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, two marine brigades and one national guard brigade near Shevchenko, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Sribnoye, Petrovskoye, Udachnoye, Ulyanovka, Peschanoye, Uspenovka, Dimitrov, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 450 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, eight pickup trucks, five artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one marine brigade near Veseloye, Volnoye Pole, and Konstantinopol (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and three coastal defence brigades close to Pridneprovskoye, Nikolskoye, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 90 troops, five motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and three electronic warfare stations were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, assembly plants for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 151 areas.
Air defence systems shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 141 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 658 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 46,917 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,297 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,529 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,620 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,940 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (16 March 2025)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and one assault regiment of the AFU close to Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware near Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, Zapselye, Loknya, and Oleshnya as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Novaya Sech, Novenkoye, Obody, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).
Over the course of the day, the AFU losses were over 220 troops, one tank, two armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and one UAV command post.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 67,850 troops, 394 tanks, 317 infantry fighting vehicles, 285 armoured personnel carriers, 2,200 armoured fighting vehicles; 2,442 motor vehicles, 558 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 120 EW stations, 16 counter-battery warfare radars, ?ten air defence radars, 56 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.