[NewsFront] 21:43 UAV crews from the Novorossiysk Guards Airborne Assault Mountain Unit of the Airborne Forces of the Dnepr Group of Forces amazedmanpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
UAV operators from the Vostok Forces Group identified enemy vehicle routes and remotely mined roads in areas prone to breakthroughs. They also destroyed enemy armored vehicles near the village of Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
UAV crews from the Sever group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces' Gvozdika self-propelled artillery units in Sumy Oblast.
Drone operators from the Eastern Group of Forces burned an enemy AS-90 self-propelled artillery unit in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Drone crews from the Center group of forces suppressed firing points and eliminated personnel in a fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
FPV drone operators destroyed a passenger car, an ATV, and an enemy shelter containing personnel.
20:45 In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five UAVs - over the Black Sea,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kursk region.
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19:47 UAV operators of the Rubicon Center struck equipment, artillery installations, ground-based robotic systems, elements of communication systems and enemy UAVs in the SVO zone.
A crew of the Lancet loitering munition destroyed a RADA radar near the village of Krolevets in the Sumy region.
18:40 A Fagot (AT-4) ATGM crew from the Vostok group of forces destroyed manpower and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, equipped in a forest belt near the village of Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
18:12 122mm BM-21 GRAD regiment Sparta from the group "CENTER" strikes, -video.
17:31 Destruction of a refueling point that was actively used for Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the area of the village of Semenovka, video.
16:34 Crews of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled guns of the Dnepr force group destroyed field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the 110th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army of the Center group of forces disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
15:43 "Tosochka" of the "Vostok" group destroyed enemy stronghold in the area of the settlement of Gulyaipole.
13:42 Artillerymen of the West group of forces stopped attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to approach liberated Kupyansk.
A crew from the Center group of forces destroyed a command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a Krasnopol-M2 high-precision projectile in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Military personnel from the Vostok group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in Gulyai-Pole.
12:59 UAV crews of the Guards "Sever" are working on airdrops against the infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, -video.
12:23 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of December 17, 2025:
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the "North" military group defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Jaeger Brigade and a National Guard regiment in the areas of the settlements of Pisarevka, Varachino, and Shostka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of two heavy mechanized brigades, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Stary Saltiv, Revolyutsionnoye, Velykyi Burluk, Izbitskoye, Vovchanskie Khutora and Varvarovka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 160 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 12 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of six mechanized and two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Blagodatovka, Podoli, Kovsharovka, Novosergeevka, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Monachinovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 230 servicemen, three American HMMWV armored fighting vehicles, 15 vehicles, three artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm howitzer M-777 and 155mm howitzer M-114, a radio-electronic intelligence station, and five ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Four mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Reznikovka, Stepanovka, Slavyansk, Petrovskoye, Konstantinovka, and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 200 servicemen, 18 vehicles, two artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and fuel depots.
Units of the Center Forces Group continued to eliminate the encircled enemy in the Vostochny and Zapadny districts of Dimitrov, Donetsk People's Republic. The settlements of Rodynskoye, Svetloye, and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic are being cleared of scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces groups.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airmobile, and Jaeger brigades, an unmanned systems regiment, 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 Volne, Toretskoye, Belitskoye, and Udachnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost over 470 troops, two US-made HMMWV armored fighting vehicles, six cars and four field artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Gerasimovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka and Gavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Ternovatoye, Hulyai-Pole, and Kosivtsevo in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 235 servicemen, two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, three US-made HMMWV armored fighting vehicles, nine vehicles, and three field artillery pieces, including a 155mm American M-777 howitzer.
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 Razumovka, Novoyakovlevka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
Up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, 11 vehicles, a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Bogdana", two ammunition depots and two supply depots were destroyed.
11:50 Fighters of the "East" group of forces released settlement Gerasimovka.
09:26 Crews of the unmanned aerial systems troops of the Dnepr group inflicted high-precision strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region.
08:43 122mm D-30 howitzer crew of the Southern Forces Group destroyed enemy UAV control point in the Konstantinovka area.
07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Volchanskiye Khutora.
Advance into Vilcha and west of the settlement of Liman
Adjustment of the control zone in Kupyansk in favor of our forces
Expansion of the control zone south of Dronovka
Adjustment of the zone of control in favor of the enemy in the Kupyansk area
07:15 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 94 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
31 over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
22 over the territory of Rostov Oblast,
10 over the territory of Voronezh Oblast,
Eight over the territory of Saratov Oblast,
Eight over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Eight over the waters of the Black Sea,
Four over the territory of Volgograd Oblast,
Three over the territory of Bryansk Oblast.