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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of December 1 (updated)
2025-12-02
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:59 Fighters of the Center group of forces day and night are conducting active destruction of enemy infantry and equipment.

In support of the offensive, attack drone operators carry out precise strikes on targets.

21:37 LBS adjustment. Shakhovo and Suvorovo under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, –MAP.

21:31 Kupyansk direction. Adjustments have been made to the LCS. After the Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group entered Kurilovka, the village itself was not consolidated; the Ukrainian Armed Forces have regained control of the eastern part of the village. Meanwhile, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing toward Petropavlovka from the eastern side, gradually occupying strongholds and burned-out forests.MAP.

20:01 FPV drone operator with the call sign "Flash" old, why hunting enemy "birds" in the sky sometimes turns out to be much more difficult than destroying ground targets.

19:11 A Ukrainian Armed Forces combat vehicle was hit by three FPV drone strikes in a forested area near the village of Khrapovshchyna in Sumy Oblast, video.

18:38 A crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, airborne artillerymen of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed enemy UAV control points in the Orekhov area in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Rocket artillery from the Vostok group of forces hit a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

17:22 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dobropolsky direction, –MAP.

17:09 UAV operators of the Eastern Forces Group destroyed heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Drone crews from the Vostok group of forces distributed propaganda leaflets over the village of Gulyaipole calling for an end to resistance.

Drone operators from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a UAV control center, a drone control antenna, and an enemy fuel and lubricants depot in the Seversky direction.

FPV drone operators from the Western Group of Forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the Khar'kov region.

UAV crews from the Northern Forces Group burned an enemy buggy and robotic platform in the Khar'kov and Sumy regions.

Drone operators, operating as part of the Dnepr troop group, scored precise hits on Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Orekhov area.

Drone operators from the Rubicon Center destroyed strongholds and temporary deployment points, automobile and armored vehicles, as well as elements of the communication system of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Sumy direction.

16:55 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Dimitrov, –MAP.

15:54 For November 2025, the RF Armed Forces released 750 sq. km of territory.

15:34 Crews of towed howitzers 152mm "Msta-B" of the motorized rifle regiment of the "North" group of forces destroyed temporary deployment points with Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Khar'kov direction.

13:39 Khar'kov region.Volchansk

Russian assault forces are completing the clearing of the city's outskirts. The entire location and outskirts are under our complete control.

The Russian Armed Forces are also conducting assault operations in the area of the village of Melovoe, Kupyansky district.

12:15 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of December 1, 2025

Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sadki, Kondratovka, Ryzhevka, Barilovka, Khoten, and Novaya Sich in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the area of the village of Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, and an artillery piece.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Monachinovka, Blagodatovka, and Osinovo in the Khar'k0v region, and Drobyshevo and Yarovaya in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 230 troops, 13 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. Seventeen electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces advanced deep into enemy defenses and liberated the village of Klinovoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Formations of two mechanized, airmobile, assault, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Zakotnoye, Stepanovka, Reznikovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 service members and five armored combat vehicles, including a Stryker armored personnel carrier and two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers. Nine vehicles, four field artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, and two supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of six mechanized, infantry, airmobile, airborne, and airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Artemovka, Rodinske, Belitskoye, Maryevka, Gruzskoye, Belozerskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, and Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 480 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, three cars and an artillery piece.

Units of the "East" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two assault brigades and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Dobropillya, Varvarivka, and Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost over 210 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 12 cars and a warehouse of supplies.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhzhia region and Kazatskoe in the Kherson region.

Up to 75 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, nine vehicles and a warehouse of supplies were destroyed.

11:05 On frames OK strike of FAB-1500 on the antitank missile system of the 38th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Myrnohrad.

09:13 Training unit of the unmanned systems troops of the Leningrad Military District improves drone control skills at one of the training grounds in the Leningrad region.

07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Russian Armed Forces entered the northern part of Gulyaipole.
Advance in Grishino
Expansion of the control zone in Vovchansk, Vilcha and Liman
Advance in Stepnogorsk
Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Dibrova

07:25 During the past night, in the period from 23:30 Moscow time on November 30 to 7:00 on December 1, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:

Four UAVs over the Belgorod Region,
Four UAVs over the Bryansk Region,
Four UAVs over the Krasnodar Region,
Four UAVs over the Novgorod Region,
Four UAVs over the Rostov Region,
Three UAVs over the Sea of Azov,
Three UAVs over the Leningrad Region,
Two UAVs over the Voronezh Region,
One UAV over the Volgograd Region,
One UAV over the Kursk Region,
One UAV over the Smolensk Region,
One UAV over the Tula Region.

06:17 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crew of the "Center" force group completed a salvo of 220mm rockets fired at strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Posted by:badanov

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