[NewsFront] 21:31 Between 17:00 and 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, and Kursk regions.
20:09 152mm Giatsint-B crews of the Vostok group applied strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Artillerymen of the Volunteer Corps of the "Yuzhnaya" group continue to crush the enemy in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka direction. Over the past two weeks, they have destroyed more than 50 different targets, including approximately 20 UAV control centers.
18:08 In the period from 08:00 to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 48 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flew over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions and the Black Sea.
18:01 Orlan crew discovered enemy guns and a camouflaged forward command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, then artillery and attack drones came into play.
16:46 On frames: OK defeat of anti-aircraft gun crews of Ukrainian Armed Forces interceptor drones using the Geran UAV in the area of the village of Kanevske, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
15:45 Chaired by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces passed a meeting of the CSTO Military Committee.
A meeting of the CSTO Military Committee was held under the chairmanship of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov.
15:07 Calculations by the Rubicon Center continue work to destroy equipment, elements of the communication system, storage facilities for material resources, strongholds and temporary deployment points, personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukrainian drones.
13:32 Crew of the 220mm Uragan MLRS of the Center group of forces covered the area where the units and fire weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located was subjected to heavy fire.
12:28 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of April 16, 2026.
Over the course of 24 hours, in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a massive strike using long-range precision weapons from land, air, and sea, and strike unmanned aerial vehicles against defense industry facilities involved in the production of cruise missiles, long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine, used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit.
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Kondratovka, Miropolye, and Pisarevka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Zemlyanki, Izbitskoye, Nikolskoye and Pokalyanoye in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 145 servicemen, 12 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and seven ammunition and material depots.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Gorokhovatka, Druzhelyubovka, Novosergiyevka, Senkovo, Studenok, and Cherneshchyna in the Khar'kov region, and Illichovka, Krasny Liman, and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the villages of Verolyubovka, Ilyinovka, Konstantinovka, Krivaya Luka, Nikolaevka, Orekhovatka, Popasne, and Seleznevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 145 service members, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, six armored combat vehicles, and 16 vehicles. An electronic warfare station and ten ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a marine brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitske, Dobropillya, Zolotoy Kolodez, Kucherov Yar, Novohryhorivka, and Novonikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 340 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two cars, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Kolomiytsy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Vozdvizhevka, Kopani, Lyubitske, and Timoshivka in Zaporizhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 195 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and eight cars.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 40 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and 12 cars were destroyed.
10:56 Sniper pairs covered up attack aircraft in the Zaporizhzhia region.
08:42 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 207 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Smolensk, Kursk, Bryansk, Oryol regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, and over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.
07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance north of Bochkovo
Volchanskie Khutora settlement was liberated
Advance in the direction of the village of Lesnoye
Advance south of Liman
Enemy controls Sosnove
06:02 Crews of T-90M "Proryv" tanks of the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group destroyed a stronghold with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. Orekhovskoye direction, Zaporizhia Oblast