[NewsFront] 21:59 Russian troops are advancing in the Kupyansk direction, map.
21:27 Units of the Center group of forces continue solve the task of eliminating the Mirnograd (Dimitrova) garrison in the cauldron and develop an offensive in Grishino, repelling attempts to unblock the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison north of Krasnoarmeysk.
21:11 Russian Ministry of Defense posted a daily selection of footage demonstrating the skills of Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) troops.
20:14 The Russian army is advancing in the Zaporizhzhia direction, map.
20:01 Artillerymen of the Eastern Forces Group distributed propaganda leaflets over the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Hulyaipole.
19:47 Russian troops are moving forwardin the Gulyai-Pole direction.
19:33 Published changes in the line of combat contact in the Novopavlovsk direction.
19:10 The advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the west of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) has been reflected, map.
18:48 The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Dimitrov (Mirnograd) has been recorded, map.
18:47 According to objective control data, after the liberation of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka in the Slavyansk direction, the fleeing Ukrainian troops blew up dam in the village of Privolye.
18:45 From 13:00 Moscow time to 18:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:
Seven over the territory of the Kursk region and
Four over the territory of the Belgorod region.
18:20 Posted footage of the destruction of a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by fighters of the Western group of forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
17:06 Snipers from the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces are practicing camouflage of positions from enemy reconnaissance drones equipped with thermal imaging optics,video.
16:06 According to operational information, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted several strikes on the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossing in Pechenegi, as well as in Stary Saltiv in the Khar'kov region.
15:11 The Russian army is graduallytakes awaythe southern part of Konstantinovka under its control.
Approaching from Ivanopol, the assault troops captured the train depot. The tram depot at the entrance to the city also came under Russian control. There has been some progress in the private sector.
15:01 In the Seversky direction, soldiers of the 3rd Army are developing success in Svyato-Pokrovsk in the DPR.
14:28 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated military personnel with the liberation of the village of Kucherovka in the Khar'kov region.
14:01 Russian Armed Forces entered the eastern part of Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region, map.
13:48 From 8:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Two UAVs flew over the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs flew over the Tula region, and
One UAV flew over the Oryol region.
13:26 Marked advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dobropolsky direction.
12:35 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 7, 2025:
In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a strike last night using ground-based precision weapons, Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Ukrainian transport infrastructure, fuel and energy facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and an enterprise involved in the production of long-range strike UAVs.
The strike's objectives have been achieved. All designated targets have been hit.
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novi Virki, Andreevka, Novaya Sich, and Iskriskovshchina in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Staritsa and Vilcha in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 servicemen, 10 vehicles, three artillery pieces and three ammunition depots.
Units of the "West" group of forces continued to destroy the encircled enemy group on the left bank of the Oskol River. As a result of active operations by assault groups of the 6th Army, the village of Kucherovka in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
The manpower and equipment of four mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Podoli, Blagodatovka and Shiykovka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost over 220 troops, seven Western-made armored fighting vehicles, 11 vehicles, and four field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled gun. An electronic warfare station and six ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern group of forces have improved their tactical position.
They inflicted losses on the formations of the mechanized, airmobile, assault, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepanovka, Seversk, Krivaya Luka, Minkovka, Slavyansk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 190 service members, three armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles, and a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit. An electronic warfare station, as well as seven ammunition, fuel, and supply depots, were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces completed the liberation of the village of Rivne in the Donetsk People's Republic, continued the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group surrounded in the village of Dimitrov, and the clearing of the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, a Jaeger brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades, three national guard brigades, and the Azov* special forces brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Rodynskoye, Svetloye, Torskoye, Udachnoye, Grishino, Dobropolye, Novopavlovka, Sergeyevka, Belitskoye, and Novosergeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 480 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles and two cars.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
They defeated the formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ternovatoye, Dobropillya, Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region, Gai and Andreyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost more than 205 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 10 vehicles, four field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the heavy mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Lviv and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
Up to 45 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, an HMMWV armored vehicle and a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, 10 pickup trucks, two electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces damaged military airfield infrastructure, fuel depots, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 140 districts.
Air defense systems shot down two guided aerial bombs, four long-range Neptune guided missiles, and 172 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:34 Assault units are in the Kupyansk direction are moving forward in the eastern part of Petrovpavlovka, northeast of Kupyansk.
12:00 According to operational information, following Vasyukovka there was liberated the village of Pazeno in the Slavic direction.
11:47 Soldiers of the 3rd Army of the Russian Armed Forces started battles for Zakotnoye in the Seversky direction.
Taking control of the Zakotny and Zhidkov ravines to the south will allow Seversk to be completely cut off from supplies.
11:27 The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction was noted,map.
11:07 The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk direction has been recorded,map.
10:30 Frontline summary on the morning of December 7, 2025
Donetsk Front:
In the South Donetsk sector, Russian forces are advancing along the central streets of Hulyaipole. There are gains further north, in Varvarovka and Zarechnoye.
In the Pokrovsk sector, fighting is ongoing on the outskirts of Grishino. In Mirnohrad, Russian forces have reportedly captured the southern part of the city. In the Dobropillya sector, Russian troops are advancing in Sofiyivka and Toretske.
In the Konstantinovsky direction, after the liberation of Bezymyannoye, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in Verolyubovka.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, fighting is underway in Stavki, Drobyshevo, and the area between Yarovaya and Novoselovka.
In the Seversk direction, there are gains in Yampol. Russian forces are advancing south of Dronovka, toward the Zakotnoye-Seversk road. South of Seversk, they are advancing in Svyato-Pokrovskoe.
The Khar'kov Front
of the Russian Armed Forces is advancing on the southern outskirts of Sobolevka, as well as in Petrovpavlovka, northeast of Kupyansk.
9:37 AM Ukrainian Armed Forces continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region.
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 17 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Alyoshki - 4;
Malaya Lepetikha - 3;
Cairo - 3;
Factory - 2;
Gornostaevka - 5.
9:01 In the period from 7:00 to 8:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed six Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Three – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three – over the territory of the Kursk region.
8:31 Tankers from the Vostok group fired a series of aimed shots with 125mm high-explosive ammunition at the locations of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants,video.
8:20 Over the course of the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 77 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
42 – over the territory of the Saratov region,
12 – over the territory of the Rostov region,
10 – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Nine – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Two – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One – over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
One – over the territory of the Chechen Republic.
7:55 Effective units of the Southern group of forces
A Russian 152mm Msta-B howitzer crew hit an enemy 120mm mortar near the village of Konstantinovka.
Operators of the UAV unit of the Unmanned Systems Troops destroyed two control antennas for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drones.