Drone operators from the Center group of forces destroyed the hiding manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the encircled Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic.
FPV drone crews from the Northern Forces burned the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Humvee and MaxxPro armored vehicles used to rotate militants and deliver ammunition to their positions.
20:20 In the period from 11:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
19:59 "Solntsepyok" covered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vovchansk direction with thermobaric munitions, -video.
18:48 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Gulyai-Polye direction –MAP.
17:51 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Novopavlovsk direction, –MAP.
17:42 Assault groups occupied the territory of a farm north of Krasnoarmeysk,MAP.
16:13 Units of unmanned aerial systems troops together with sappers of the Dnepr group of forces in the Zaporizhzhia regioncleared mines access roads to the line of combat contact using UAVs.
15:18 Konstantinovskoye direction. Advanc of the Russian Armed Forces near the Kleban-Bykskoye Reservoir, MAP
15:14 Tankers of the "Vostok"broke through defense in Sladkoe, using new tactics.
At dawn, on the fractured terrain line, the Vostok tank pairs worked like a well-oiled machine: one vehicle covered the sector with fire from the depths, while the second, in sharp bursts, moved to the front line and fired direct fire.
14:06 Russian units are actively clearing out Mirnograd, gradually bringing the long-term operation to liberate the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration closer to its conclusion.
13:58 The enemy transferred the 35th Naval infantry Brigade and the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade to the Krasnoarmeyskoye direction to strengthen its positions, fearing the development of an offensive by the Russian Armed Forces after the liberation of our units engaged in the liquidation of the cauldron in Dimitrov. MAP.
12:40 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 21, 2025. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation:
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position and defeated units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Jaeger Brigade near the villages of Ryzhevka and Alekseyevka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of a motorized infantry and three mechanized brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoyarskoye, Ternovoye and Volchanskie Khutor in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 120 servicemen and nine vehicles.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of one airmobile, two assault, four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Podoli, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Lesnaya Stenka, Kovsharovka, Boldyrevka, and Monachinovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 210 servicemen, a T-72 tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, a Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carrier, 14 vehicles, and two field artillery pieces. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the engineering, mountain assault, and three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Zakotnoye, Konstantinovka, Nikolaevka, and Minkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 215 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier and Stryker armored car, 11 vehicles, two artillery pieces, and a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher. An electronic warfare station, three ammunition depots, and a fuel depot were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces continued to destroy the encircled enemy in the city of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic and clear the village of Rodinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic of scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces formations.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the Jaeger, Airmobile, Airborne, two Mechanized, two Airborne Assault Brigades, two Assault Regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a Territorial Defense Brigade, and a National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Verovka, Annovka, Sergeyevka, Artemovka, Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Rodynskoye, Novooleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in the Dnipropetrovsk Region.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 455 servicemen, US-made Abrams tanks and German-made Leopard tanks, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, a field artillery gun and an electronic reconnaissance station.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of an assault brigade, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Gai and Andriyivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Ternovatoye, Dorozhnianka, and Hulyai-Pole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 245 service members, six armored combat vehicles, six cars, and a US-made 155mm M-198 howitzer. A supply depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, five vehicles, two field artillery pieces, including a US-made 105mm M-119 gun, two electronic warfare stations, and an Israeli-made RADA radar station were destroyed.
12:19 Advance of the Russian army west of Seversk, MAP.
11:44 Active participation in the liberation of the village of Svetloe included fighters of the "Center" force group.
09:54 A crew of the ZALA complex of the 18th Army of the Dnipro group discovered an American M-777 howitzer on the right bank of the Kherson region and destroyed it with the help of the Lancet loitering munition.
09:49 Crews of the 83rd and 79th Motorized Rifle Regiments of the Sever group in the area of Kolodeznoye burned 152mm self-propelled gun 2S3 "Akatsiya" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces together with the ammunition.
09:47 Artillerymen of the Vostok group destroyed enemy strongholds in Gulyaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Vysokoye in Sumy Oblast was liberated
Advance in the village of Volchansky farmsteads
Russian Armed Forces took control of most of the village of Grabovskoye.
Advance in Gulyaipole
07:09 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type: two UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd region and one UAV over the territory of the Rostov region.