[NewsFront] 21:02 Fighters of the "North" group are expanding abuffer zone in the Sumy region. They are covered by mobile air defense groups, using Yolka interceptor drones that automatically locate, pursue, and destroy targets.
20:39 In the period from 13:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 67 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Leningrad, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan, Bryansk, Belgorod, Smolensk, Oryol, Yaroslavl regions, the Republic of Crimea and the Moscow region.
19:31 Drone operators of the Sever group destroyed vehicles and a ground robotic platform of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy direction.
Crews of the Molniya strike UAVs from the Vostok group destroyed underground enemy ammunition depots in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Center group destroyed heavy helicopters, UAV control centers, equipment, and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropillya direction.
UAV operators from the Zapad group carried out strikes against a UAV control point and enemy personnel in the Krasnolimansk direction.
FPV drone crews from the Southern Group of Forces, using a heavy UAV, destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications in the Konstantinovsky direction.
15:35 Slavyansk direction. Assault groups have taken up new positions in Dibrova. MAP.
14:31 In the period from 9:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:
Seven UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
Five UAVs over the territory of the Tula region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Leningrad region, and
One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region.
13:38 Konstantinovka. Assault units are advancing in the central part of the city, MAP.
12:26 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of March 23, 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the "North" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Myropillia, Novaya Sich, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Sosnovy Bor, Polnaya, Maryino, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka and Staritsa in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 245 service members, ten vehicles, and two artillery pieces. Three ammunition depots, a fuel depot, and eight supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Studenok, Novoosinovo, Shiykovka, and Borovaya in the Khar'kov region, and Stary Karavan, Svyatogorsk, Krasny Liman, and Korovy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 180 troops, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, 20 vehicles, and an artillery piece. An electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Slavyansk, Ilyinovka, Nikolaevka, Druzhkovka, Nikolaypolye, and Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 180 troops, 10 vehicles, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station. An ammunition depot and three supply depots were destroyed.
11:07 In the period from 7:00 Moscow time to 9:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 29 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Leningrad, Kaluga, Kursk, Ryazan, Lipetsk regions and the Moscow region.
10:08 122mm BM-21Grad MLRS crew covered enemy concentration area in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
08:59 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 249 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
08:23 Crew of the 122mm D-30 gun of the Tula paratroopers destroyed infantry group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.
The crew of the 152mm 2SS19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer from the Vostok group hit enemy strongholds with Krasnopol guided munitions in the Zaporizhzhia region.
07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Expansion of the control zone in the Rozhdestvenskoye-Gerasimovka area
Potapovka was liberated
Enemy counterattacks in Minkovka
Enemy is present in Mirny
Adjustment of the control zone in Kupyansk in favor of the enemy
06:33 A Fagot ATGM crew from the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group destroyed an armored combat vehicle and a pickup truck with Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry.