Russian Defence Ministry reports on progress of special military operation (from 15 to 21 March 2025)
From 15 to 21 March 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 13 group strikes by high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which damaged infrastructure of military airfields, the assembly workshop, storage and training sites of strike drones, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of nationalists and Ukrainian armed formations.
Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
As a result of the decisive actions, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation liberated Zaoleshenka and Rubanshchina.
Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles strikes, and artillery hit manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, an air assault brigade, a marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
In Kharkov and Belgorod directions, units of two mechanised brigades and two assault regiments of the AFU were hit.
During the week in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces, the AFU losses amounted to over 2,295 troops, 16 tanks, and 58 armoured fighting vehicles. Russian troops destroyed 130 motor vehicles, 30 field artillery guns, six ammunition depots, and five electronic and counter-battery warfare stations.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the three mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, an assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,670 troops, 19 armoured fighting vehicles including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, and seven U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers. The enemy lost 44 motor vehicles, 28 field artillery guns, ten EW stations, and 11 field artillery guns.
The Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian units engaged formations of five mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, mountain assault brigade, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, a drone brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades.
The AFU lost up to 1,615 troops, two tanks, and seven armoured fighting vehicles including three U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers during the week. Russian troops eliminated 34 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, two Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple rocket launcher systems, six field ammunition depots, and two electronic warfare stations.
The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, and a national guard brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,235 troops, 30 armoured fighting vehicles including two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, three M113 armoured personnel carriers, and two U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicles. Russian elements engaged 46 motor vehicles, 26 artillery guns, and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Three mechanised brigades, two motorised infantry brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, and three territorial defence brigades were defeated.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,040 troops, 10 armoured fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles, and 21 field artillery guns including four Western-made guns.
The units of the Dnepr Group liberated Stepovoye (Zaporozhye region) as a result of active actions.
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and four coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 510 troops, 32 motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns. Nine electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots have been eliminated.
The Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force in a dog fight.
Over the past week, air defence units have destroyed 28 JDAM guided bombs and seven U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles as well as 1,113 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including 536 outside the special military operation.
??In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy lost 658 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 47,719 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,420 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,530 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,788 field artillery guns and mortars, 33,187 units of support military vehicles.
Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (21 March 2025)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two mechanised brigades, an air assault brigade, a marine brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Gogolevka, Gornal, and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Guyevo as well as Alekseyevka, Basovka, Belovody, Varachino, Velikaya Rybitsa, Veselovka, Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Ivolzhanskoye, Loknya, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Novaya Setch, Novenkoye, Obody, Sadki, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).
Over 240 Ukrainian troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, four armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and eight mortars have been neutralised during the day. Three AFU servicemen surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to: more than 69,120 troops, 400 tanks, 322 infantry fighting vehicles, 289 armoured personnel carriers, 2,210 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,503 motor vehicles, 568 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, 18 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.
