[NewsFront] 21:21 Snipers of the separate special forces battalion of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Center group sharpen skills before performing combat missions in the Dobropillya direction.
19:33 Drone operators of the "West" group shot down enemy reconnaissance and attack UAVs in the Krasnolimansk direction and in the Khar'kov region.
FPV drone operators from the Sever group rammed enemy drones in the Sumy region.
Novorossiysk paratroopers from the Dnepr group disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
A Molniya-2 UAV crew from the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnipro group burned down an enemy drone control point on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
UAV operators from the Southern Group of Forces eliminated enemy manpower in the Druzhkovko-Konstantinovsky direction.
Crews of the "Molniya" strike missile systems from the "Vostok" group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drone command and storage facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Center group carried out strikes against enemy personnel and fortifications in the Dobropillya direction.
16:34 152mm 2S19 Msta crews covered enemy in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia directions.
15:53 Russian intelligence received information about the advance of a combat group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the village of Malaya Rybitsa (Krasnopolsky district) in the direction of the line of combat contact.
The target was attacked in a series of strikes by FPV drone operators from the 41st Motorized Rifle Regiment, 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, 44th Army Corps of the "North", who first stopped the Turkish Kirpi-II armored fighting vehicle and then burned the armored vehicle.
14:43 Severyan scouts in the village of Losevka (Volchansky district) opened movement of a combat group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on an ATV.
The target was targeted by FPV drone operators from the 6th Army of the Northern Guard.
13:37 During the execution of combat missions, the crews of the separate brigade of unmanned systems troops "Varyag" struck automotive equipment, UAV control centers, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
12:22 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of April 7, 2026)
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and two territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Mala Slobidka, Pustogorod, Myropillia, Khoten, and Velyka Chernetchina in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Podsrednee, Izbitskoe, Kolodezne, Bely Kolodez, and Nesterne in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 175 service members, two armored combat vehicles, and five cars. An ammunition depot and nine supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Palamarevka, Shiykovka, Velyka Shapkovka, Lesnaya Stenka, and Chervony Oskol in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman and Stary Karavan of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 190 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 18 vehicles, and an artillery piece. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Krivaya Luka, Nikolaevka, Artema, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 165 troops, four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 15 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces, two of which were Western-made. An electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, and five 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 airmobile brigade, an airborne assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as four National Guard brigades, near the settlements of Maryivka, Novohryhorivka, Vodyanskoye, Krasny Kut, and Novyi Donbas in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole and Novopidgorodne in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 360 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three cars, and a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery unit.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Orly, Pokrovskoe, Pisantsy, and Velykomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Vozdvizhevka, Verkhnyaya Tersa, and Lesnoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 320 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Dimitrovo and Zaporozhets in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 60 military personnel, 15 vehicles, six electronic warfare stations and a supply depot were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces have damaged Ukraine's energy and transport infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, enterprises producing control systems and components for cruise missiles, military airfields, assembly shops, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 153 districts.
09:52 Crews of T-80BVM tanks of the Vostok group destroyed enemy strongholds along with manpower.
08:45 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 45 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
19 UAVs – over the territory of the Leningrad region,
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Seven UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Vladimir region,
One UAV each – over the territories of the Bryansk, Volgograd, Penza regions, Krasnodar Krai and the Black Sea.
07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance east of Belitsky
Expansion of the control zone between the settlements of Kaleniki and Nikiforovka
06:02 Crews of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery regiment of the Sever group worked at UAV control points, artillery guns, fortifications and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units.