[NewsFront] 21:16 Units of the West group of force scarry out reliable control of all areas of the liberated city of Kupyansk.
20:37 Specialists from the Rubicon Center are destroying equipment, elements of communication systems, and temporary deployment points for enemy personnel in the SVO zone, video
20:31 From 18:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles flew over the territory of the Bryansk region.
19:17 Assault units crossed over the Gaichur River and are advancing in the northern, central, and eastern parts of Hulyaipole. Advance groups have reached the city center.
18:24 Posted footage taken during yesterday's work on the bridge in Zatoka, Odessa Oblast.
18:09 From 12:00 Moscow time to 18:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed ten Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
Seven over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two over the territory of the Vladimir region, and
One over the territory of the Kaluga region.
17:09 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a UAV control center with an Kh-39 missile in the village of Shiykovka in the Khar'kov region, video.
16:11 Published footage of the destruction of a large-sized, long-range attack UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the E-300 Enterprise, in the area of the village of Rodinskoye (DPR).
16:08 Posted a compilation of footage taken during the liberation of the village of Peschanoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
15:31 Crews of the Molniya-2 UAV of the West group of forces supported actions of assault groups in the Krasnolimansk direction.
15:09 Mobile fire groups "Severyan" on guard over the Belgorod sky, -video.
13:22 Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems crews of the Dnipro group of forces adjusted the destruction of a camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces weapon on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, video.
12:54 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 15, 2025:
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Ukrainian border service in the areas of the settlements of Miropolye, Kondratovka, and Ryzhevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Primorskoye, Baranivka, Nesternoye, Vilcha, Vovchanskie Khutora, and Pershotravnevoe in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost over 270 servicemen, 13 vehicles, an electronic warfare station and four supply depots.
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 five mechanized brigades, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Glushkovka, Monachinovka, Shiykovka, Blagodatovka, Podoli in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost over 220 service members and six armored combat vehicles, including two Stryker armored personnel carriers and two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles. Twelve vehicles, two artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade, and a National Police brigade of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Petrovske, Stepanivka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 195 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, two artillery pieces, three ammunition depots and four fuel depots.
Units of the Center group of forces continued to destroy the encircled enemy in the city of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as clear out scattered formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlements of Svetloe, Grishino, and Rodinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two Jaeger brigades, an airmobile brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopidgorodnoye and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 490 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, including two US-made M-113 armored personnel carriers, five cars and two artillery pieces, including an American 155mm howitzer M-777.
Units of the "East" military group, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Peschanoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The manpower and equipment of the assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Gulyai-Pole, Kosovtsevo in the Zaporizhzhia region, Andreevka and Velikomykhailivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 240 servicemen, eight vehicles, an artillery piece, two electronic warfare stations, and two supply depots.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Razumovka, Novoandriivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Otradokamenka in the Kherson region.
Up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 17 cars, six field artillery pieces, four electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and a supply depot were destroyed.
Tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged transport infrastructure facilities involved in the delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 167 districts.
Air defense systems shot down a Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, 17 rockets from the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, and 545 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:32 From 8:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five were over the Kaluga region,
Four were over the Moscow region,
Three UAVs flying to Moscow,
Three were over the Bryansk region,
Two were over the Belgorod region, and
Two were over the Tula region.
14:04 The dynamics of the liberation of territories for the year has been published, –map.
12:01 Sniper-reconnaissance units of the BARS-27 detachment, part of the Volunteer Corps of the Southern Group of Forces, operating in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction, discovered and destroyed two Baba Yaga-type hexocopters, video.
11:56 Released Peschanoye settlement in Dnipropetrovsk region.
11:46 In the industrial zone of Kramatorsk this morning thundered a series of explosions.
11:44 Applied a combined attack using UAVs and aerial bombs on a railway and road bridge in the village of Zatoka in the Odessa region.
11:35 Guards reconnaissance troops of the Vostok group during fierce fighting broke through enemy defenses east of the Gaichur River and drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Varvarovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
11:32 In the Kupyansk direction, assault units of the Russian Armed Forces occupied positions in the eastern part of Kurilovka.
10:59 Military personnel of the "East" military group told details of the liberation of the village of Varvarovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
9:49 Drone operators of the Center group prevented regrouping of militants
An attack drone caught Ukrainian paratroopers fleeing on an ATV.
Furthermore, units from the Center group of forces also destroyed an enemy stronghold and a communications relay station with its operators.
9:15 In the period from 7:00 Moscow time to 8:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutyinterceptedand 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed:
Six UAVs flew over the Kaluga region,
Five UAVs flew over the Bryansk region,
Four UAVs flew over the Moscow region,
Three UAVs flying to Moscow, and
One UAV flew over the Tambov region.
8:56 Crew of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the Vostok group of forces inflicted an attack on temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Gulyaipole region of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
As a result of the rocket salvo, fortified positions and structures that the enemy used to house manpower were destroyed.
8:26 In the Kursk region as a result of a drone attack wounded a civilian.
According to the governor, a 66-year-old man was injured in a drone attack in Sudzha. He was taken to the Kursk Regional Hospital in serious condition.
8:15 During the past night, in the period from 23:00 Moscow time on December 14 to 7:00 Moscow time on December 15, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 130 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
38 UAVs were flown over the Astrakhan Region,
25 UAVs were flown over the Bryansk Region,
25 UAVs were flown over the Moscow Region,
15 UAVs flying to Moscow,
Eight UAVs were flown over the Belgorod Region,
Eight UAVs were flown over the Rostov Region,
Eight UAVs were flown over the Kaluga Region,
Six UAVs were flown over the Tula Region,
Four UAVs were flown over the Republic of Kalmykia,
Three UAVs were flown over the Kursk Region,
Three UAVs were flown over the Oryol Region,
One UAV was flown over the Ryazan Region, and
One UAV was flown over the Caspian Sea.
8:01 The crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the North force group destroyed camouflaged enemy positions in the Khar'kov region.