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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of March 15 (updated)
2026-03-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:56 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 113 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:

73 UAVs over the Bryansk region,
18 UAVs over the Moscow region,
14 UAVs flying to Moscow,
Seven UAVs over the Kaluga region,
Six UAVs over the Smolensk region,
Five UAVs over the Kursk region,
One UAV over the Belgorod region,
One UAV over the Tver region,
One UAV over the Yaroslavl region,
One UAV over the Black Sea.

19:42 Drone operators of the Center group struck armored vehicles, dugouts and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

FPV drone crews from the Zapad group burned down an enemy UAV control point in the Krasnolimansk direction.

Operators of attack UAVs from the Vostok group destroyed UAVs and communication antennas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

17:37 Reconnaissance drone operators from the Rubicon Center and Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft crews are jointly conducting combat operations to destroy enemy UAV control centers.

Rubicon specialists transmit target coordinates, and the Aerospace Forces crews carry out strikes at times of greatest concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

15:44 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 125 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:

51 UAVs over the Bryansk region,
38 UAVs over the Moscow region, including
28 UAVs flying to Moscow,
19 UAVs over the Kaluga region,
Five UAVs over the Belgorod region,
Five UAVs over the Tula region,
Three UAVs over the Smolensk region,
Two UAVs over the Vladimir region,
One UAV over the Kursk region,
One UAV over the Tver region.

15:23 Assault units of the Novorossiysk paratroopers are getting ready for street fighting. Zaporizhzhia region.

Instructors work with paratroopers on actions in squads, as well as in pairs of two and three, both in offensive combat and when holding captured positions.

13:10 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation.

>The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the "North" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Kiyanitsa, Zapselye, Volnaya Sloboda, and Bereza in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, units of three mechanized, assault, and artillery brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pechenegi, Mitrofanovka, Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Manuilovka, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, and Olshany in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 250 service members, an armored combat vehicle, a Tunguska anti-aircraft missile and gun system, 10 vehicles, and a Bogdana 155mm self-propelled artillery unit. A counter-battery radar station and nine supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Borovaya, Osinovo, Palamarevka, Grushevka, and Berezovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 200 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, 24 cars, and three artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones.

The US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar and the Israeli-made RADA radar, as well as four ammunition depots, were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of four mechanized, an airmobile, and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Piskunovka, Kaleniki, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 200 troops, three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. A US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, an electronic reconnaissance station, an ammunition depot, two fuel depots, and six supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, the Azov special forces brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Maryivka, Dobropillya, Toretskoye, Novooleksandrivka, Belitskoye, Grishino, and Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole, Novopidgorodne, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 295 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, 11 armored combat vehicles, 18 cars and four artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, six assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Podgavrilovka, Pisantsy, and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Lyubitske, Lesnoye, Kopani, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost more than 310 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 10 cars and two artillery pieces.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka, Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 11 vehicles, two field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station, and three fuel and supply depots were destroyed.

11:53 In a forested area north of Malaya Rybitsa (Krasnopolsky district, Sumy region), Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery established a position from which they fired indiscriminately at the Russian Armed Forces position. Operators of the GV Sever UAV engaged the target, firing several FPV strikes destroyed enemy 152mm howitzer D-20.

09:55 Specialists from the Rubicon Center methodically and comprehensively attack enemy. Targets include: manpower, vehicles and armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery pieces, temporary deployment points, communication system elements, ground-based robotic systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles.

08:55 In the period from 21:00 on March 14 to 07:00 on March 15, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 170 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Tver, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Smolensk, Tula, Rostov, Volgograd, Saratov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republics of Adygea, Crimea, the Black Sea and the Moscow region, including 20 UAVs flying to Moscow.

07:31 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Upper Tersa area
Expansion of the control zone around Rozhdestvensky
Advance in the direction of Gulyai-Pole

07:01 Crews of Giatsint-B howitzers of the Center group of forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Posted by:badanov

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