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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of December 11 (updated)
2025-12-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:31 Published Russian Ministry of Defense's traditional collection of footage from Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crews in various combat missions.

20:09 Posted footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Mangust radar by the Lancet.

20:05 In the Dobropillya direction celebrated advance of Russian attack aircraft near New Donbass.

19:57 The calculation of the ISDM "Agriculture" of the group of forces "Center" blocked the enemy's routes of movement and supply delivery in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, -video.

18:53 Published additional footage from the western outskirts of Seversk.

18:41 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated military personnel with the liberation of the village of Seversk in the Donetsk People's Republic

18:32 Posted footage from the village of Seversk in the DPR, which has come under the full control of the Russian Armed Forces.

18:26 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated military personnel on the liberation of Kurilovka in the Khar'kov region.

17:43 Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of the situation in the SVO zone.

16:52 In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces is observed near Stepnogorsk, –map.

15:46 Stele at the entrance to Seversk, Donetsk People's Republic crossed under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

14:15 From 08:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:

13 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
10 UAVs were flying over the Moscow region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Tula region, and
Two UAVs were flying over the Kursk region.

13:54 Russian troops in Severska are mopping up northwestern part of the city.

13:39 Operators of the unmanned aerial systems units of the Vostok group identified fortified enemy strongholds in the area of the village of Gulyaipole and transmitted the coordinates of targets for destruction to artillerymen, video.

12:55 Russian flags raised over Seversk, Donetsk People's Republic.

12:23 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 11, 2025:

Units of the North military group have completed the liberation of the village of Liman in the Khar'kov region through active operations.

They defeated the formations of a mechanized, airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Alekseevka, Andreevka, Novaya Sich, and Kucherovka in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of a heavy mechanized, ranger, two motorized infantry brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Prilipka, Staritsa, Vilcha and Vovchanskie Khutora in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy's losses amounted to 145 soldiers, a vehicle, an Israeli-made RADA radar station and an ammunition depot.

Units of the West group of forces continued to destroy the enemy group surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Boguslavka, Novoplatonovka, Kurilovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 215 servicemen, four US-made HMMWV armored vehicles and a Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carrier, 11 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and six ammunition depots.

Units of the Southern group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

They defeated the formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Kramatorsk, Stepanovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 120 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, three ammunition depots, supplies, and fuel.

Units of the Center group of forces continued to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Vostochny and Zapadny microdistricts of the village of Dimitrov, as well as clearing the villages of Svetloe and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic.

They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, two airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Toretskoye, Rodynskoye, Krasnoyarskoye, Svetloye, Shevchenko, Belitskoye, Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopidgorodnoye and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The enemy lost over 415 servicemen, a Swedish-made Viking armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.

They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ternovatoye, Kosivtsevo, Varvarovka, Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region and Andreevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 235 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 18 cars, and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Nikolske and Ponyatovka in the Kherson region.

More than 50 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles, three artillery pieces, including two US-made 155mm M-777 howitzers, an electronic warfare station, and two ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged energy and fuel complex facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.

Air defense systems shot down ten US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, a Neptune long-range guided missile, and 396 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the central part of the Black Sea.

11:39 The line of combat contact in the Vovchansk direction has been adjusted, map.

11:05 According to operational data, in the Volchansk direction of the Russian Armed Forces released Liman and continue to advance south of Volchansk.

10:05 UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an ambulance in the city of Vasilyevka in the Zaporizhzhia region, when the team was transporting a patient.

Shrapnel pierced the body of the car. Two doctors, a nurse, the driver, and a patient were in the car at the time of the impact.

9:40 Crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek of the North group of forces destroyed accumulation of enemy manpower in the Khar'kov direction.

Presentation of state and departmental awards to servicemen of the 6th NBC Protection Regiment.

9:14 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue attacks on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 43 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

Aleshki - Siv;
Knyaza-Grigorovka - Four;
Malaya Lepetikha - 10;
Velikaya Lepetikha - Seven;
Novaya Mayachka - Four;
Golaya Pristan - Five;
Novaya Kakhovka - Seven.

8:31 During the past night, in the period from 23:00 Moscow time on December 10 to 7:00 Moscow time on December 11, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 287 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

118 UAVs were flown over the Bryansk region,
40 over the Kaluga region,
40 over the Moscow region,
27 over the Tula region,
19 over the Novgorod region,
11 over the Yaroslavl region,
10 over the Lipetsk region,
Six over the Smolensk region,
Five over the Kursk region,
Five over the Oryol region,
Four over the Voronezh region,
Two over the Ryazan region.

8:00 Crews of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group destroyed armored vehicles and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasnolimansk direction.

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