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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 29 (updated)
2026-06-30
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:27 FPV drone operators destroyed a combat armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kramatorsk

The equipment was detected using reconnaissance UAVs from the Southern Group, and its coordinates were transmitted to the operator of an attack drone, who destroyed the armored vehicle with a precise hit.

20:14 Military medics of the Center group daily they save lives of military personnel in the Dobropillya direction.

19:52 Velikoburluk direction. Assault groups of the 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade and 127th Motorized Rifle Regiment reached the village of Zemlyanoy Yar west of Bely Kolodez,MAP

19:04 Crews of the anti-aircraft division of the 61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Center group of forces destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Dobropillya direction.

17:38 On the night of June 28-29, drone operators inflicted strikes at a gas distribution station. Some gas storage tanks, gas pumping units, and a gas treatment plant were disabled.

Drone crews struck the Skvortsovskaya gas processing plant.

14:12 Commander of the howitzer artillery battalion of the 19th Tank Regiment of the "West" group, call sign "Trainee" told about the combat work of artillerymen in the Krasny Liman area.

13:55 Assault units of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Combined Arms Army of the Vostok group released the village of Bogodarovka, displacing Ukrainian formations from the occupied lines on the right bank of the Gaichur River.

During the fighting in the area of the populated area, the following were destroyed: more than a platoon of enemy manpower, three combat armored vehicles, seven units of automotive equipment, and over 60 Baba Yaga-type hexacopters.

The liberation of Bogodarovka allowed the group's units to gain a foothold on the right bank of the Gaichur River and disrupt the stability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in this area.

13:41 Our fighters continues to pin down Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Krasny Liman

With direct hits from FPV drones, operators of unmanned systems destroyed several Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery pieces, including Western-made self-propelled guns.

Using attack UAVs against Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment, drone operators are supporting the advancement of assault units of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group in Krasny Liman.

12:20 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of June 29, 2026)

Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Luzhki, Maryino, Ryasne, and Belaya Bereza in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bugayevka, Petrovka, Bely Kolodez, Losevka and Staritsa in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, 17 vehicles, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Podliman, Nizhnyaya Zhuravka, Shiykovka, and Staroverovka in the Khar'kov region, and Piskunovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 25th Army continue to destroy scattered formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division, advancing in a westerly direction, captured four enemy strongholds and occupied 48 buildings.

Over the course of 24 hours, more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, two ground-based robotic systems, and an ammunition depot were destroyed in the city.

In total, enemy losses in the West Group's zone of responsibility amounted to 225 servicemen. Six Western-made armored combat vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, two field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Klinovoye, Orekhovatka, Nikanorovka, Nikolaevka, and Stenki in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the "Southern" group of forces continue active offensive operations in all directions and clearing the southwestern part of the village of scattered groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Over the course of 24 hours, up to 95 Ukrainian servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 18 cars, and 31 ground robotic systems were destroyed.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost more than 240 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, including two US-made M-113 armored personnel carriers, 22 cars and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "Center" force group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Gruzskoe, Kucherov Yar, and Svetloe in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 300 servicemen, five vehicles, two field artillery pieces, and three electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into enemy defenses and liberated the village of Bogodarovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, assault, three airborne assault brigades, the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the naval infantry brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Chaplino, Gavrilovka, Kolomiytsy, Rivne in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Lyubitske, Danilovka and Omelnik in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost over 485 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and six vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Kushugum, Shevchenkivske and Yurkivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 80 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 17 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:05 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov spent meeting with war correspondents.

A wide range of issues were discussed, with particular attention paid to the air defense system and all its components:

10:21 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 19 shells from cannon artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

Dnepryany - Four;
Aleshky - Six;
Kakhovka - Three;
Novaya Kakhovka - Three;
Kairy - Three.

Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 20 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Velyka Lepetikha, Nova Mayachka, Oleshky, Nova Kakhovka, and Kakhovka .

9:17 Units of the "West" group continue hunting for the enemy

FPV interceptor operators rammed several enemy R-18 UAVs in the Krasny Liman area.

A 152mm Giatsint-B gun crew from the 25th Combined Arms Army destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control center in the Krasnolimansk direction.

8:52 Frontline summary as of the morning of June 29, 2026

Zaporizhzhia Front. Fighting continues in the Kamensk direction. There are reports of enemy advances in the northern part of Stepnogorsk and in the village of Plavni.

Russian forces are attempting to gain a foothold in Primorskoye. Fighting continues in Novoyakovlevka.

On the eastern flank, Russian forces are advancing from Gulyai-Polye towards Orekhovo.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of Novoselovka.

In the Pokrovskoe direction, Russian forces have established control over the village of Pisantsy.

Heavy fighting is ongoing in the forests northeast of Velikomikhailovka.

In Konstantinovka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to systematically expand their territorial control.

In Krasny Liman, Russian troops are advancing in the northwestern part of the town.

In the Seversky sector, there is an advance near Rai-Aleksandrovka, with fighting taking place on the northern outskirts of the village.

Further south, there is an advance between Rai-Aleksandrovka and Yurkovka, and fighting has reportedly begun for Orekhovatka.

On the Kupyansk front, Russian forces are advancing along the western bank of the Oskol River and taking up new positions in Novovasilivka.

On the Boguslav front, Russian forces have approached Nizhny and Vyshy Solyonoye.

In the Vovchansk direction, fighting continues in Losevka, Ukrainsky, and Zemlyany Yar.

Clashes continue in Kazachya Lopan.

Sumy Front. In the Sumy district, fighting continues in Pisarevka and Nova Sich.

In the Shostka district, clashes continue for Bachevsk.

8:00 During the night, from 2:00 a.m. Moscow time on June 28 to 7:00 a.m. Moscow time on June 29, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 209 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea, and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

6:33 Artillerymen and drone operators are smashing enemy

Drone operators from the 1137th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division overtook a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control center in Alekseevo-Druzhkovka in the Konstantinovsky direction.

Artillerymen of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the 3rd Army Corps destroyed shelters with militants retreating from Konstantinovka.

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