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Current information on the situation on the front line on August 11 (updated)
2025-08-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 22:39 Area of the settlement of Kovsharovka near Kupyansk. Work of the calculation of the "wing" of the Group of Forces "West": adjustment of the Russian Aerospace Forces with subsequent recording of the strike, –video.

20:18 From 14.50 to 17.10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

Three over the territory of the Orenburg region and
Two over the territory of the Samara region

19:54 Su-34 aircraft crews and UAV crews inflicted a comprehensive strike on the area of concentration of the mechanized battalion of the 144th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region using the UMPK-500 and the Geran-2 UAV-500.

As a result of the strike, up to 50 militants, an ammunition depot, up to 10 units of foreign military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including two Abrams tanks, four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, various vehicles and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.

19:50 The Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards the settlement of Kolodezi in the Krasnolimansky direction –MAP

17:08 Rocket artillerymen of the 79th Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade of the West Group of Forces struck a rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the area where the special operation is being conducted.

16:04 Crews of T-80BVM tanks of the Sever group are hitting personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in border areas, –video.

14:47 Snipers of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military Districtare arranging ambushes on Ukrainian Armed Forces hexacopters, destroying them with precise shots from small arms in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

13:21 From 07.20 to 13.00 by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 20 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Kaluga and Bryansk regions, the Moscow region and over the Black Sea.

12:25 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 11, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, ranger, two airborne assault brigades, an airborne assault regiment, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sadki, Stepnoye, Andreyevka, Varachino, Pershe Travnya, Proletarskoye and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized, motorized infantry brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Sinelnikovo, Novaya Kazachya, Khatneye, Kreydyanka and Melove in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 170 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 18 cars, two field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and two supply depots.

Units of the "West" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of three mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated in the areas of the settlements of Cherneshchyna, Kupyansk, Petrovskoye, Borovskoye, Andreyevka in the Khar'kov region and Shandrigolovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 225 servicemen, two US-made MaxxPro and UK-made Snatch armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles and two NATO-made artillery pieces. A Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, a Plastun electronic intelligence station, four Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 radar stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their position along the front line. Manpower and equipment of four mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Malotaranovka, Fedorovka, Svyatogorsk, Seversk, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Chervone, Zvanovka and Kleban-Byk of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost more than 200 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, two field artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, a counter-battery radar station, and an ammunition depot.

Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of active actions, completed the liberation of the settlement of Lunacharskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Formations of four mechanized, a ranger, an assault, an airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, naval infantry brigades of marines, a territorial defense brigade, two brigades of the National Guard and a joint brigade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Dobropolye, Rodynskoye, Udachnoye, Artemovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Grodovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopavlovka and Filiya of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 410 servicemen, five combat armored vehicles, 11 cars, five field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Aleksandrograd of the Donetsk People's Republic, Sosnovka, Velikomikhailovka, Tikhoe, Voronoe of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Olgovskoye and Poltavka of the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 255 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles and 11 cars.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Primorskoye, Magdalynivka, Orekhov, Novodanilovka in the Zaporizhia region, Nikolskoye, Kazatskoye and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

Up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 14 cars, an artillery piece, seven electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged assembly and storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 140 districts.

Air defense systems shot down seven US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets and 312 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

665 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

76,497 unmanned aerial vehicles,

625 anti-aircraft missile systems,

24,539 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,585 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,

28,387 field artillery pieces and mortars,

39,500 units of special military vehicles.

12:10 Units of the Center group of forces as a result of active actions finished liberation of the settlement of Lunacharskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

11:32 Russian assault groups have advanced into the southwestern part of Yunakovka in the Sumy region, –MAP.

11:05 On frames: We are observing a strike by a Lancet UAV on a communications tower equipment cabinet (designed to control UAVs) in the area of the village of Ivanovka in the Chernihiv region.

10:47 Ministry of Defense RF:

FPV drone operators of the Tula paratroopers destroyed four Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup trucks in the Sumy region.

Strike drone crews of the Dnepr group hit a dugout containing up to 5 enemy personnel in the Zaporizhia region.

UAV operators of a motorized rifle brigade of the 51st combined arms army of the Southern Military District used FPV drones as aerial platforms for hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

FPV drone crews of the special forces unit of the "Center" group hit repeater antennas and electronic intelligence units, armored vehicles and cars trying to transport reinforcements to militants in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Drone operators of the Vostok group destroyed a firing point and enemy manpower in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces carried out precise strikes on enemy UAV control points.

09:37 The Geran-2 UAV crews destroyed the launch position of the enemy's S-300V air defense missile system in the area of the settlement of Vorozhba.

08:12 During the morning, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Four UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,▫️
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region.

07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Russian Armed Forces entered Shandrigolovo
Expansion of the control zone south of Orekhovo
Predtechino liberated

07:27 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Seven UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Five UAVs each – over the territories of the Bryansk and Kaluga regions,
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs each – over the territories of the Oryol, Kursk, Voronezh, Ryazan regions, the Moscow region,▫️
One UAV – over the territory of the Tula region


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