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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of April 4 (updated)
2026-04-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
20:18 FPV fighter operators from the Zapad group shot down seven aircraft-type reconnaissance UAVs and a loitering munition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.

FPV drone crews of the Sever group destroyed The Buk-M1 air defense missile system and other enemy equipment, as well as enemy manpower, in the Sumy region.

Russian naval riflemen from the Center group burned armored vehicles, NRTKs, heavy copters, repeater antennas, and pickup trucks carrying enemy personnel in the Dobropillya direction.

Drone operators from the Vostok group destroyed artillery guns and drone control posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

19:47 Khar'kov direction. Volchansky section

The troops of the North Group of Forces continue to build on their success in the direction of Rubezhnoye and attack east of the Volchansk farmsteads.

Despite the enemy's efforts, our units have driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka and continue to advance through the forested area in the direction of Losevka and Bugayevka with the aim of securing the flanks before the start of the battle for Rubezhnoye.

17:31 Servicemen of the 59th Tank Regiment deliver provisions, ammunition and medicines to the forward units of the West group.

15:20 In the period from 09:00 Moscow time to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 21 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions.

14:56 A crew of the Orlan-10 UAV from the 71st Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Sever group discovered positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Khar'kov region.

13:32 Attack aircraft of the 80th Guards Tank Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group completed preparations and began to carry out combat missions in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.

12:36 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 improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the villages of Myronivka, Novaya Sich, and Myropolske in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, units of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, a National Guard brigade, and two border detachments of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Proletarske, Izbitske, Pokalyane, Veseloe, and Zemlyanki in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 170 servicemen, eight vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and 13 ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Chervony Oskol, Monachynivka, Palamarevka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region, and Adamivka and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to more than 190 soldiers, a tank, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 27 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, and an ammunition depot.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Reznikovka, and Konstantinovka.

The enemy lost up to 185 troops, four armored combat vehicles, including two M113 armored personnel carriers and a US-made HMMWV armored car, 10 vehicles, and six field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled gun. An electronic warfare station and nine ammunition and 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 three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Petrovka, Staroraiske, Varvarovka, and Maryivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopidgorodne and Raipole in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 375 servicemen, a tank, 10 armored combat vehicles and 15 cars.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, two assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Velykymykhaylivka and Kolomiytsy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Verkhnyaya Tersa, Vozdvizhevka, and Komsomolske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost more than 335 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 12 vehicles, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.

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

Up to 50 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and a supply depot were destroyed.

12:27 Over the past 24 hours, in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with long-range high-precision air- and ground-based weapons, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles, against military-industrial and energy facilities of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:44 Footage released defeats of Iris-T radar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the help of the Geranium kamikaze UAV near the village of Kiryakovo in the Poltava region.

11:38 Engineers of the Dnepr troop group are clearing routes for equipment and personnel in the Orekhov direction of the Zaporizhzhia region.

09:10 Soldiers of the 6th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division of the Center group sharpen skills at training grounds in the rear area of the SVO zone.

BMPT Terminator crews complete loading procedures and study tactics and fire engagement techniques. Assault units practice operating as part of armored groups to capture and hold strongpoints.

08:21 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 85 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Tula regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.

07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Ryasnoye area

06:03 Crew of the T-72B3M tank of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed enemy UAV control center.

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