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2026-04-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Latest information on the situation on the front line as of April 15 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:19 3rd Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces showed Footage of the liberation of Kaleniki in the Slavic direction.

21:15 Russian units in the Burluk direction released Volchanskiye Khutor. Fighting for the village continued for over a year after the liberation of neighboring Volchansk. Units of the Northern Guard broke the enemy's resistance after protracted fighting.

Russian Armed Forces forces also managed to advance between Vovchya and the state border in the forests south of the villages of Maryino and Krasnoye. There are also successes near Degtyarny.

Fighting continues in other areas of the Burluk direction.

Russian units are attacking south along the Verkhnyaya Pisarevka-Simonovka line through the forested area on the banks of the Seversky Donets River.

Near Staritsa, Russian forces have captured several sections of forested area.

On the eastern flank, near Kolodeznoye, there are also successes in the ravines - there the assault troops are advancing towards the Verkhnyaya Dvurechnaya River line.

20:43 Posted footage of combat operations by drone operators of the Northern Forces Group against enemy transport.

19:30 OK footage captured the destruction of the self-propelled howitzer "Caesar" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by several FPV drones, –video.

18:28 In the period from 09:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov regions, the Republic of Bashkortostan and over the Black Sea.

18:15 According to the available information on March 26, 2026, the leadership of several European countries, in the face of mounting losses and a worsening shortage of manpower in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, decided to increase the production and supply of UAVs to Ukraine for strikes on Russian territory.

A significant increase in the production of UAVs for the Kyiv regime is planned through increased funding for “Ukrainian” and “joint” enterprises located in European countries for the production of attack drones and their components.

16:32 Khar'kov direction. Vovchansky section, –MAP

The troops of the Northern Guard continue to expand their control of the territory east and southwest of Volchansk.

In Volchanskiye Khutor, yesterday, the Russian Armed Forces took complete control of the center and southern outskirts, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces had rushed in from the direction of Bely Kolodez, and drove the enemy out to the eastern outskirts.

As of today, our Ministry of Defense reported that Volchanskiye Khutor has been completely recaptured by our troops. Russian Armed Forces have driven the enemy out of Volchanskiye Khutor, secured a foothold in the northwestern part of Pokalyany, and repelled enemy counterattacks, including those from a reconnaissance battalion counterattacking from Belyy Kolodez. Most of the enemy groups were eliminated during their advance.

The fighting is to the east, along the Zybino-Volokhovka-Okhrimovka line, where our units are pushing back enemy units.

Repeated attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cross the Volchya River and establish a bridgehead in the Bochkovo area were unsuccessful. The enemy suffered heavy losses there.

Our troops have reached the Volchya River near Bochkovo and Okhrimovka and are engaged in fierce counter-attacks. To the northeast, the Russian Armed Forces continue active operations near Shabelny and Nesterny.

South of Volchansk, our units are engaged in fierce counter-attacks near Vilcha and in the forested area east of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka.

The enemy has noted repeated incursions by our assault groups into Losevka.
Holding Losevka is crucial for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as it is the left-flank settlement of the first defensive line they have established south of Volchansk.

Control over Losevka and further advancement to Bugaevka will create a threat of outflanking this line on the left flank through the forest area along the Pechenezhskoye Reservoir.

Further west, between Staritsa and Neskuchny, Russian Armed Forces advanced from the state border toward Ternovaya and captured Plosky Forest.

Our units are also conducting active operations in the forested areas toward Izbitskoye.

14:41 During the offensive, the assault groups of the 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade, using the terrain,came in and established a foothold in the village of Vovchanskie Khutora in the Khar'kov region. This blocked the enemy's supply routes for food and ammunition.

Operators of unmanned aerial systems identified and destroyed UAV control centers and field warehouses containing weapons and ammunition.

The fighters suppressed the firing points, cleared the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions and began demining the area.

Units of the "North" military group continue to expand the security zone in the Sumy and Khar'kov regions. Troops advance daily deeper into enemy defenses, pushing Ukrainian Armed Forces militants away from the state border to ensure the safety of civilians.

13:01 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of April 15, 2026)

As a result of decisive actions, units of the North military group established control over the village of Volchanskie Khutora in the Khar'kov region.

Three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the villages of Izbitskoye, Pyatikhatki, and Sosnovy Bor in the Khar'kov region.

In the Sumy region, personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades were damaged near the villages of Bachevsk, Zapselye, Mala Slobidka, and Pokrovka in the Sumy region. The enemy lost up to 175 service members, an armored personnel carrier, 17 vehicles, and seven supply depots.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of four mechanized brigades, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Berezovka, Monachinovka, Palamarevka, Prysten, and Staroverovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of seven mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and the General Staff Security Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Rai-Aleksandrivka, Novoselivka, Stenki, Tikhonovka, and Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost more than 210 troops, four armored personnel carriers, a Canadian-made Senator armored fighting vehicle, 18 vehicles, and a field artillery gun. A radar station and two ammunition 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, a Jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitske, Grishino, Dobropillya, Zolotoy Kolodez, Kucherov Yar, Serhiivka, and Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of over 300 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, five armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, and four field artillery pieces, including two US-made M777 155mm howitzers and a Bogdana-B 155mm towed artillery mount. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses.

Formations of an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Dobropasovo and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Barvinovka, Vozdvizhevka, Dolinka, and Charivne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The enemy lost over 240 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, and seven automobiles.

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, Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region and the city of Kherson.

Up to 40 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 18 vehicles, an Israeli-made RADA radar station, four electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and a supply depot were destroyed.

12:33 Artillery shells beat the enemy which was targeted precisely. Strongholds, an ammunition depot, personnel, and a UAV control center belonging to Ukrainian Armed Forces units were hit.

10:40 The Vostok Guards Forces crossed the Volchya River and is conducting offensive operations in the direction of the village of Lesnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, MAP

10:12 GV "Sever" completed the liberation of Volchansky Khutors, -MAP

10:04 Territory north of Bochkovo located under Russian control. Heavy losses were reported for the Ukrainian 159th Separate Mechanized Brigade during the crossing of the Volchya River and fighting along the Zybino-Volokhovka-Okhrimovka line.

09:50 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the Sever group destroyed strongholds and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Kharkov region.

08:27 During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time on April 14 to 07:00 Moscow time on April 15, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 85 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov, Samara, Saratov regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Expansion of the control zone in the Miropolsky area
Advance in the village of Volchanskie Khutora
Advance east of the village of Zelenoye
Advance in the area of the settlement Krivaya Luka - Kaleniki

06:03 Calculation of the TOS "Solntsepek" of the "Vostok" group of forces destroyed fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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