[NewsFront] 21:29 In the period from December 28 to 29, the air defense systems of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation werereflectedA terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime using 91 attack drones on the residence of the President of the Russian Federation in the Novgorod region.
During the repelling of the Kyiv regime's terrorist attack over the Bryansk region, air defense systems intercepted 49 Ukrainian UAVs flying in the direction of the Novgorod region overnight.
One Ukrainian UAV flying towards the Novgorod region was shot down over the Smolensk region.
Over the Novgorod region, 18 Ukrainian UAVs flying in the direction of the residence of the President of the Russian Federation were intercepted before 7:00 Moscow time on December 29, and another 23 Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted from 7:00 to 9:00 Moscow time.
20:31 Russian laser system Laserbuzz destroyed an FPV drone at a distance of one km for the first time, –video.
19:40 In the Khar'kov region, in the Vovchansk direction, crews of the 18th Motorized Rifle Division of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever group discovered in a forest area and destroyed a position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a camouflaged MT-LB, –video.
19:12 Crew of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled gun of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group of forces destroyed a fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations, along with manpower and artillery, in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
18:34 FPV drone operators of the Northern Forces Group destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces crew and hexacopter in Sumy Oblast.
Lancet loitering munitions crews from the Vostok force group destroyed enemy armored combat vehicles used to transport reserves west of Gulyai-Polye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Western group of forces burned three ground robotic complexes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.
UAV operators from the 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces overtook an enemy M113 armored personnel carrier in the Kupyansk area.
UAV crews from the Center group of forces conducted exercises against armored vehicles carrying personnel and artillery pieces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
FPV drone operators destroyed an enemy electronic warfare station, armored vehicles, and field artillery.
17:39 Zaporizhzhia direction. Advance of Russian paratroopers in Primorskoye and the surrounding area, –MAP.
17:31 Sumy Oblast. After the liberation of Grabovsky, fighters from the 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade advanced west of the village. MAP.
17:24 Zaporizhzhia direction. The Dnepr Guards liberated Lukyanivske, MAP.
15:02 Krasnolimansk direction. The Russian army liberated the village of Dibrova, MAP.
14:06 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews from the Yuzhnaya force group "dismantled" two UAV control points and a temporary deployment point for the enemy in the Konstantinovsky direction.
Artillery crews of the Vostok group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces groups preparing for a counterattack west of Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
13:52 Russian drones struck an An-26 aircraft and an enemy helicopter in the Nikolaev and Poltava regions.
13:20 Molniya crews are working at the control points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ UAVs, video.
12:25 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 29, 2025. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation:
Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position and defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Andreevka, Alekseevka, and Varachino in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Grafskoye, Rubezhnoye and Staritsa in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, nine vehicles, a self-propelled artillery unit, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" military group have completed the liberation of the village of Dibrova in the Donetsk People's Republic through active operations.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Podoli, Glushkovka in the Khar'kov region, Drobyshevo, Krasny Liman and Illichivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Kupyansk direction, within 24 hours, units of the 6th Army repelled two attacks by units of the 144th Mechanized and 92nd Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including foreign mercenaries, near the settlements of Palamarevka and Blagodatovka, aiming to break through to the city of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region. Twenty-six militants and 17 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.
In total, enemy losses in the West Group's area of responsibility amounted to over 210 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, including an M113 armored personnel carrier and two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, as well as an Italian-made Iveco armored vehicle and a Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carrier. Twenty-one pickup trucks and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Cherevkovka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Dolgaya Balka, Reznikovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 205 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, including an M-113 armored personnel carrier and a US-made Hummer armored car, eight cars, and four field artillery pieces, including three produced by NATO countries.
Two electronic warfare stations, an American AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery station and two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Krutoyarovka, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Toretskoye, Svetloye, Grishino, Shevchenko, Shilovka, Belitskoye, Vodyanskoye, Dobropolye, and Novyi Donbas in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 495 servicemen.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Bratskoye and Velykomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Boykove, Ternovatoye, and Zaliznychnoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, and 16 vehicles.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mountain assault brigade and territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Orekhov, Novoandriivka, and Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhzhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.
More than 55 Ukrainian servicemen, nine vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and a warehouse of materiel were destroyed.
10:08 Destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV "Baba Yaga" type by drone operators of the Russian Armed Forces, –video.
09:30 In the period from 07:00 to 09:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Novgorod region.
09:10 Crew of the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system of the Ulyanovsk Guards Airborne Forces unit of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed the RAM-2X aircraft-type attack drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
07:44 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on December 28 to 07:00 Moscow time on December 29, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroye 89 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
49 over the territory of the Bryansk region,
18 over the territory of the Novgorod region,
11 over the territory of the Republic of Adygea,
Seven over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
One over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
One over the territory of the Oryol region,
One over the territory of the Rostov region,
One over the territory of the Smolensk region.
07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in the direction of Pavlovka
Expansion of the control zone west of Seversk
Volnoye was liberated