[NewsFront] 20:39 From 09:00 to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed1 8 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
14 over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two over the territory of the Kursk region.
19:10 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the southwestern part of Konstantinovka, –MAP
18:52 122mm D-30 howitzer crew of the Sever group destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
Servicemen from the Southern Group of Forces hit an enemy stronghold with fire from a towed 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Konstantinovsky direction.
16:15 Video: Combat operations by the 3rd Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces against targets in the village of Konstantinovka. A fuel depot and two antitank guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed during the firefight.
15:21 Dobropillya direction. Assault units of the Central Guard continue to advance northeast of Grishino, MAP.
14:31 Crews of long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 of the Northern Fleet's mixed aviation corps worked out in-flight refueling.
13:07 Drive the enemy out of the village of Malaya Korchakivka in Sumy Oblast succeeded as a result of the coordinated work of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 44th Army Corps.
12:39 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of March 31, 2026)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
As a result of active operations, units of the North military group established control over the village of Malaya Korchakovka in the Sumy region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces sustained losses in the mechanized brigade and territorial defense brigade near Potapovka, Myropillia, Chervona Zarya, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast. In Khar'kov Oblast, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and motorized infantry brigades and two territorial defense brigades were defeated near Zhovtneve, Bily Kolodez, Vovchanski Khutora, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, and Izbitskoye in Khar'kov Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 270 service members and seven vehicles. Three ammunition depots, a fuel and lubricants depot, and eight supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the West group of forces took up a more advantageous tactical position.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Osinovo, Chervony Oskol, and Novy Mir in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman, Krymki, Svyatogorsk, and Stary Karavan in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 170 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 27 vehicles, three artillery pieces, and a counter-battery radar. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault brigade, an unmanned aerial systems brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Orekhovatka, Slavyansk, Ilyinovka, Lipovka, Rai-Aleksandrovka, Krivaya Luka, Golubovka, and Artema in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 135 service members, three armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles, three artillery pieces, and three electronic warfare stations. Five supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.
They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a National Guard brigade, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Novopavlivka, Serhiivka, Priyut, and Grishino Krasnoyarskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopidgorodnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukrainian armed forces lost over 375 service members, 14 armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles, a field artillery gun, and four electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Eastern Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
They defeated formations of a mechanized and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Boykovo, Vozdvizhevka, Dolinka, Kopani, and Yehorivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Gavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The enemy lost over 270 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, two artillery pieces, and two ammunition and supply depots.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position and defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Preobrazhenka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Over 40 military personnel, nine vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots, and two materiel depots were destroyed. Tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian energy, fuel, and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, launch sites and storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 158 districts. Air defense assets shot down six guided bombs and 255 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:07 As a result of the joint work of the Rubicon Center crews and the Russian Aerospace Forces crews destroyed temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and enemy UAV control points.
10:43 GV "Sever" liberated Malaya Korchakivka in the Sumy region, MAP
10:38 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Konstantinovka
Advance in Kurilovka
Enemy counterattacks in Belitsky and Novy
08:55 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on March 30 to 7:00 Moscow time on March 31, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 92 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Leningrad, Kursk, Novgorod, Rostov, Samara, Smolensk, Oryol, Kaluga, Tver regions and the Moscow region.
07:30 AGS-17 "Flame" Combined Arms Army of the West group of forcestore off an attempt by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants to attack one of the strongholds of the formation in the Krasnolimansk direction.
During aerial reconnaissance, small groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were detected moving within the reconnaissance team's area of responsibility. In an attempt to outflank the attack aircraft entrenched in the stronghold, the enemy made the mistake of moving into open terrain. An AGS-17 crew took up a favorable firing position and, using UAV-aided targeting, engaged the militant group. Suffering losses, the enemy hastily retreated, leaving their wounded behind.
06:05 Naval infantry 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Center group torn caught rotation of the enemy in the Dobropolsky direction.