[NewsFront] 20:53 Map with the change in the situation near Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk).
20:46 As a result of the use of four FAB-500, destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces patrol in the area of the settlement of Yanvarskoye.
20:11 Posted footage of the work of the "Southern" group of troops on equipment, a UAV control point and firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:39 Russian Armed Forces advance near Makeyevka, Petrovskoye, Zelenaya Dolina and Kolodezi –map.
18:04 Servicemen of the 5th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Center" group told details of the liberation of the village of Nikolaevka in the DPR.
17:28 In the area of the settlement of Belaya Gora, drone operators from the Yug group destroyed UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:29 Group "Geranei" struck an operator training center and assembly shop for Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs in the Tatyanovka area.
15:10 Published consequences of the morning shelling of Gorlovka on the territory of Hospital No. 2.
14:22 Information has been received that the Russian army took the territory of the oil extraction plant in Volchansk.
14:01 The Ukrainian 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade is running out of servicemen –video.
13:15 Servicemen of the 6th Army of the Leningrad Military District destroy enemy drones, shooting them down with FPV drones and hitting them with small arms –video.
13:01 The Russian Armed Forces drove the enemy out of Novotoretskoye and Fedorovka.
Also the Russian armed forces released Nikolaevka, Donetsk People's Republic.
12:17 Posted Official report of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Units of the North Forces Group Improved Tactical Position
The military defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment and an airborne assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kondratovka, Bititsa and Varachino in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Chugunovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, four cars and three artillery pieces. Four warehouses of materiel were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line, inflicted defeat on formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Boguslavka, Petrovka, Kupyansk and Druzhelyubovka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 220 servicemen, 19 vehicles and two artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops continued offensive operations, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airmobile, and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Pleshcheyevka, Seversk, Ivanopolye, Novoselovka, and Dronovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 160 servicemen, two vehicles and three artillery pieces. Three ammunition depots and a fuel depot were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued their offensive deep into the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of four mechanized, airborne assault, and ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novoekonomicheskoe, Yablonovka, Muravka, Petrovskoye, Stepanovka, Nikanorovka, and Novopavlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 425 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three cars and three artillery pieces.
As a result of successful offensive operations, units of the "East" military group liberated the settlement of Novokhatskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volnoye Pole, Novopil in the Donetsk People's Republic and Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine cars, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region and Ochakov in the Nikolaev region.
Up to 70 servicemen, 12 vehicles, eight electronic warfare stations, five ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged enterprises of the military-industrial and fuel and energy complex of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian formations in 148 districts.
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
12:15 The operational situation in the Pokrovsk area is beginning to repeat the already proven model implemented in Bakhmut and Avdeevka.
RF Armed Forces conduct successive flank isolation, supply line pressure and frontal settling after strategic exhaustion.
12:05 Published footage of a UAV operating in the direction of the village of Sadki in the Sumy region of Ukraine.
11:47 RF Armed Forces inflicted a strike on a Khar'kov enterprise engaged in the development and maintenance of aircraft and helicopters.
11:35 The situation in the Slobozhansky direction as of 10:00 on July 16, 2025 –map.
11:26 Change of the front line in the Kondratovka area of Sumy region –mapThe situation in the Sumy direction has stabilized.
11:11 One child and six adults wounded as a result of a strike on the center of Gorlovka.
< strong >10:25 RF Armed Forces foughtoff counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Melovoe, Kupyansky district, Khar'kov region.
10:07 On the outskirts of the city of Shostka in the Sumy region of Ukraine, a Tornado-S MLRS crew “interfered” with the movements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces –video.
9:55 Soldiers from the reconnaissance company of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 44th army corps destroyed a position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region, –video.
9:30 In the period from 8.30 Moscow time to 8.40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territories of the Belgorod region and the Republic of Crimea.
9:30 Servicemen of the Tor-M1 air defense missile system crew of the Center group of forces carried out air cover for the positions of Russian units from Ukrainian Armed Forces attack drones.
During one combat mission, the soldiers destroyed four enemy targets in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
8:30 Front summary on the morning of 16.07.25
Zaporizhzhya Front. The Russian Armed Forces continue to storm Plavni. Having occupied Malinovka the day before, Russian troops received a stronghold and access to Gulyaipole from the eastern elevation.
Donetsk Front. The Vostok and Yug groups have improved their tactical position. Video recordings of our troops' presence in Voskresenka and Petrovka have appeared. In the Pokrovsk direction, in an attempt to stabilize the front in the Rodinskoye area, the enemy has concentrated three assault units there and is trying to counterattack. Fighting is underway.
The Russian army is intensively advancing in the Konstantinovsk direction (Yablonovka, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Popov Yar and Poltavka). The attacks are carried out with the active use of drones and with the support of artillery.
Chasovoyar direction. Positional battles continue in the area of Chasovoy Yar. The Russian Armed Forces are exerting serious pressure on the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy is stubbornly resisting.
Khar'kov direction. Russian troops are holding back the pressure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Volchansk, preventing the enemy from advancing towards the Belgorod region.
Sumy direction. Heavy fighting is underway near Kondratovka. The Ukrainian army regularly transfers reinforcements here from other directions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces hold positions in the ravine between the villages of Kondratovka and Konstantinovka, putting pressure on our troops.
The Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards the Sumy-Yunakovka highway, the capture of which will complicate the logistics of the Ukrainian army in the entire direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively resisting with artillery and FPV drones.
8:15 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– Three UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
– Three UAVs – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
– One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
– One UAV – over the territory of the Kursk region.
8:01 A crew of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS destroyed a temporary deployment point for enemy UAV operators in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, –video.
The crew of a combat vehicle from the 51st Guards Army quickly moved into position, launched an attack, and immediately changed location.