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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of December 14 (updated)
2025-12-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:46 VGTRK military correspondent Grigory Vdovinre moved a major report from Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR, liberated by the Russian army.

21:33 Published a traditional selection of footage from the Russian Ministry of Defense showing the work of unmanned aerial vehicles.

21:05 Russian troops are advancing in the Zaporizhzhia direction, map.

20:57 In the period from 16:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 56 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

24 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
17 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
Five UAVs were flying over the Tula region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Ryazan region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Moscow region, and
One UAV was flying over the Voronezh region.

20:48 Recorded advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Volchansk direction.

20:28 The situation in the Borovsk direction is reflected, map.

19:56 For servicemen of the 36th Combined Arms Army of the East Group of Forces a concert took place of the vocal and instrumental ensemble "Leisya, Pesnya".

19:37 Ukrainian Armed Forces attack Belgorod Oblast continue as a civilian was wounded.

An FPV drone attacked a KamAZ truck near the city of Shebekino. An ambulance crew is taking a man with a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to the shoulder to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. The vehicle was damaged.

18:41 An artillery crew of the 152mm Giatsint-B cannon of the Center group of forces disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction,video.

18:18 Russian Armed Forces destroyed a bridge in the Odessa region is out of order

The bridge in the village was destroyed as a result of a combined attack.

17:43 As a result of artillery shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Mykhailivka Municipal District damaged private house, two people were injured, one of them died.

A woman born in 1956 was hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.

17:01 FPV drone calculations at the Rubicon Centerare working on by goals

In the Sumy direction, the following were damaged:

Enemy vehicles and armored vehicles,
Elements of the communication system,
Firing positions, shelters, and
Temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

In the Krasnolimansk direction, the following were destroyed:

Ground robotic complex,
Elements of the communication system,
Shelters and
Temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces units.

16:32 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

12 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
Eight UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Eight UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Five UAVs were flying over the Oryol region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Ryazan region,
One UAV was flying over the Tula region, and
One UAV was flying over the Tambov region.

15:13 Artillerymen of the Vostok group destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, video.

14:30 This night the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked our energy and oil and gas facilities have become ours. In the Smolensk region, there was an attempted attack on the Smolensk State District Power Plant. In Uryupinsk in the Volgograd region, there was an oil depot.

In Crimea, the enemy attacked substations and oil storage tanks. They also attempted to strike the port of Feodosia. In the Krasnodar Territory, they attacked the Afipsky Oil Refinery.

In the Novgorod region, the target was a chemical plant. Drones even reached the Leningrad region. Footage of drones landing in various regions is once again surfacing online.

13:26 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 10 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Three UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Tula region,
One UAV was flying over the Rostov region,
One UAV was flying over the Kaluga region, and
One UAV was flying over the Oryol region.

12:35 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of December 14, 2025:

Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Jaeger Brigade and the Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Alekseyevka and Ryzhevka in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of a heavy mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Velykyi Burluk, Vilcha, Okhrimovka, and Prilipka in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 240 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, five vehicles and two warehouses of supplies.

Units of the "West" force group continue to destroy the enemy encircled on the left bank of the Oskol River. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Blagodatovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Petrovka, Podoli, and Shiykovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, a US-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, a Croatian-made Heron multiple launch rocket system launcher, and three ammunition depots.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Reznikovka, Seversk, Slavyansk, and Stepanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 150 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles, and a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit.

Units of the Center group of forces continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the area of the railway station, the northeastern and western parts of the city of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as clearing the settlements of Grishino and Svetloe in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an unmanned systems regiment, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, four national guard brigades, and the Azov special forces brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Belitskoye, Grishino, Krasnoyarskoye, Novoalexandrivka, Rodynskoye, Toretskoye, Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The enemy lost up to 495 servicemen, a Cossack armored vehicle, a pickup truck, and a field artillery gun.

Units of the "East" military group continue to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and have completed the liberation of the village of Varvarovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The manpower and equipment of two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Gavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Vozdvizhevka, Hulyaipole, Kosivtsevo, Lyubitske and Ternovatoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost more than 300 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, five cars and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Razumovka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Dniprovske and Nikolske in the Kherson region.

More than 45 military personnel, six vehicles, two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station and two supply depots were destroyed.

11:20 Frontline summary on the morning of December 14, 25

Zaporizhzhia Front
Fighting continues in Primorskoye and Stepnogorsk. Russian forces are advancing toward Lukyanovskoye, east of Stepnogorsk.

In the Orekhovo direction, Russian troops are fighting for the northern part of Novodanilovka.

Donetsk Front
In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards the center of Hulyaipole, and heavy fighting is underway.

In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian forces repelled an enemy counterattack on the northern outskirts of Pokrovsk from the direction of Shevchenko.

Russian forces are reported to have improved their positions near Rivne near Myrnohrad.

In the Dobropillya sector, fighting continues near Vladimirovka and Sofiyivka.

In the Konstantinovka direction, fighting continues in the south and southeast of Konstantinovka.

In the Krasnolimansk direction, Russian forces are advancing in Ozernoye, fighting near Zakotnoye, and advancing westward from Seversk toward the chalk quarry.

There are gains in Svyato-Pokrovskoe.

Khar'kov Front
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops are repelling enemy counterattacks from the west, and fighting is underway for Kupyansk-Uzlovaya.

In the Volchansk direction there is progress in Vilcha and Prilipka, as well as in the Volchansk Khutors area.

10:36 Last night, the enemy attacked energy infrastructure damaged the high-voltage power line between Dzhankoy and Melitopol was damaged. As a result, more than 330,000 residents of the Kherson region in 450 settlements across 14 municipalities were left without power.

10:07 In the village of Yasnye Zori, Belgorod District, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a private house. A civilian was injured.

A man with a mine blast injury and multiple shrapnel wounds to his legs was taken to Oktyabrskaya Hospital. After providing medical assistance, an ambulance team transported the victim to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.

9:50 A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed near the Russian border in the Khar'kov region, video.

9:15 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue attacks on civilian infrastructure in the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 26 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

Gornostaevka - Four;
Novaya Kakhovka - Six;
Kakhovka - Four;
Zavod - Four;
Kairo - Three;
Golaya Pristan' - Five.

8:35 From 23:00 Moscow time on 13.12 to 07:00 Moscow time on 14.12 by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 141 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:

35 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
32 – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
22 – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
15 – over the territory of the Tula region,
13 – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Seven – over the territory of the Kursk region,
Four – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Four – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Three – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two – over the territory of the Leningrad region,
One – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
One – over the territory of the Pskov region,
One – over the territory of the Novgorod region,
One – over the territory of the Moscow region.

In total, 235 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems on duty during the night.

8:00 Servicemen of the 288th Guards Artillery Brigade of the West group of forces in the North-Eastern Military District zone were presented with state and departmental awards, video.

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