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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of March 14 (updated)
2026-03-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 20:33 Operators of attack UAVs from the Vostok group thwarted an attempt to rotate Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Zaporizhzhia region.

FPV drone crews from the Zapad group burned enemy armored vehicles in the Krasnolimansk direction.

Drone operators of the Sever group destroyed UAV control centers and launch sites in the Sumy region.

UAV crews from the Yuzhnaya group destroyed a German-made Leopard 2A-6 tank in the Konstantinovsky direction.

Drone operators from the Center group carried out precision strikes against heavy helicopters and bunkers housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, and also targeted enemy troops and immobilized equipment.

FPV drone crews from the Dnipro group destroyed an enemy UAV control center on the right bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region.

19:39 St. George's Cross, 4th degree awarded for bravery and professionalism demonstrated in the performance of combat missions, Guard Sergeant Khok Kabisov, a native of South Ossetia.

18:14 Russian Armed Forces advanced towards Gulyaipolskoye, MAP

17:50 Air defense forces from about 14:30 to 17:41 shot down 11 Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs flying to Moscow.

The total number of downed drones has reached 25. Emergency services are working at the debris sites.

16:02 Military engineers of the "Center" group continue demining of liberated territories of the Donetsk People's Republic.

14:44 Zaporizhia Oblast. The Eastern Front is expanding its control around Rozhdestvenske. Assault units are advancing northwest of the village toward Zarnitsa and south toward Vozdvizhenka.MAP

13:21 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of March 14, 2026

Units of the "North" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and territorial defense brigade have been defeated in the areas of Myropillia, Pisarevka, Novaya Sich, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.

In the Kharkiv region, units of two mechanized, airmobile and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Vovchanskie Khutora and Verkhniy Saltov in the Kharkiv region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 225 service members, 16 vehicles, a field artillery gun, and a US-made MLRS multiple launch rocket system launcher. A counter-battery station, an ammunition depot, and seven supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Novoosinovo and Grushevka in the Kharkiv region, and Yatskovka, Rubtsy, and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 190 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, seven armored fighting vehicles, 21 vehicles, and four artillery pieces, including a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit. A counter-battery station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized, motorized infantry, and assault brigades, as well as a naval infantry brigade, have been defeated near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Novoselivka, and Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 140 service members, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, three armored combat vehicles, ten vehicles, three field artillery pieces, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle. Five ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Serhiivka, Dobropillya, Shevchenko, Grishino, Novonikolaevka, and Novogrigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Gavrilovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 290 military personnel, eight armored combat vehicles, 18 cars, and three artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of a mechanized, airborne assault, two assault brigades, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Velykomykhaylovka, Kolomiytsy, and Pokrovske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Vozdvizhevka and Novoselivka in Zaporizhia Oblast.

The enemy lost more than 225 servicemen, nine armored combat vehicles and 12 cars.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Grigorovka and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 65 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, ten cars, a field artillery gun, seven electronic warfare stations, four ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

13:19 Tonight, in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with long-range precision weapons of land, air, and sea origin, and attack unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as military airfields.

The strike's objectives have been achieved. All designated targets have been hit.

12:47 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 11:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 37 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

29 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Six UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV each – over the territory of Kursk and Smolensk regions.

10:07 Naval infantrymen of the 61st Guards Brigade of the Center group covered area of enemy manpower concentration in the Dobropillya direction.

The package of rockets hit precisely, and the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations was disrupted.

08:35 During the past night from 20:00 Moscow time on March 13 to 7:00 Moscow time on March 14, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 87 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

31 – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
16 – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Eight – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Seven – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Six each – over the territory of the Belgorod region and the Black Sea,
Five – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Three – over the territory of the Samara region,
Two – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One each – over the territory of Astrakhan, Volgograd and Tula regions.

07:35 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Aleksandrovka area
Enemy is attacking in the north of Kupyansk

07:32 Soldiers from the BARS-Kursk volunteer brigade provide security in border areas. Units operate both in the rear and at the forward positions of the "North" group, responding to threats at any time of day or night.

06:03 Crews of 2S19 152mm Msta-S self-propelled guns of the Center group with high-explosive fragmentation ammunition covered control points for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.

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