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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 29 (updated)
2025-07-30
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:58 The Russian army is actively building a dense fire line along the Dnieper in areas in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.

21:22 In the village of Goncharovskoye in the Chernihiv region, two Iskander OTRK missiles destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces reserve training camp.

21:41 Another combat target reached.

Units of the "East" group of forces released settlement Temirovka, Zaporizhia region.

21:10 Footage of fighting near the village of Sinelnikovo in the Volchansk direction has been published –video.

19:59 According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian Armed Forces are already operating in Krasnoarmeysk.

MP Bezuglaya confirms the presence of Russian fighters in Pokrovsk (the Ukrainian name for Krasnoarmeysk).

19:50 Druzhkovskoe direction - according to preliminary information, the Russian Armed Forces entered Vladimirovka, in the area of which the day before our assault units triedbuild on successafter the capture of the Dobropolsky quarry.

19:15 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center struck temporary deployment points for personnel, armored and automotive equipment, robotic systems and elements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' communications systems. In addition, enemy reconnaissance and attack drones were shot down by aerial ramming.

18:17 Around 16:25 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

16:54 Zaporizhia direction (right flank)

After taking enemy strongholds to the south and east, units of the 5th Army completed the clearing of the settlement of Temirovka, which was one of the key defense nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the junction of the DPR, Zaporizhzhya and Dnepropetrovsk regions.

14:41 Ministry of Defense RF:

FPV drone crews of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group hit strongholds, dugouts, artillery guns, machine gun crews and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower.

Drone operators of the Dnepr military group destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces bunker in the Zaporizhia region.

UAV crews of the Vostok military group hit the UAV control points of Ukrainian militants in the town of Alexandrograd.

Drone operators of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed two robotic platforms of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

13:55 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the Vladimirovka area east of Pokrovsk, –MAP.

13:08 Around 09.50 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Voronezh region.

13:03 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of July 29, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position. Manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pisarevka, Alekseyevka, Yunakovka, Andreyevka and Varachino in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ogurtsovo, Gatishche, Melove and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 175 servicemen, a tank, three combat armored vehicles, nine cars, eight artillery pieces, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, and an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 radar station.

Two counter-battery stations and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line. Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Srednee, Shandrigolovo of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kupyansk, Osinovo, Blagodatovka, Boguslavka and Petropavlovka of the Khar'kov region.

The enemy's losses amounted to more than 230 servicemen, 12 vehicles, three field artillery pieces and a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher. Five electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk, Ivanpolye, Pleshcheyevka, Serebryanka, Seversk, Zvanovka, Chasov Yar, Aleksandro-Shultino and Shcherbinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 155 servicemen, a British-made Spartan armored personnel carrier, two HMMWV armored vehicles, and a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle.

Three Western-made artillery pieces, a vehicle, two electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Center" group of forces actively liberated the settlement of Novoukrainka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Chunishino, Artemovka, Muravka, Udachnoye and Petrovskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 425 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four cars and five field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlement of Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Charivnoye in the Zaporizhia region, Novopetrovskoye, Yanvarskoye, Maliyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Aleksandrograd and Novokhatskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 200 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and 14 vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Sadovoe in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

The enemy lost over 70 servicemen, two vehicles and five electronic warfare stations. Three ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, a production workshop and a training center for unmanned aerial vehicle operators, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.

Air defense systems shot down a long-range Neptune guided missile and 236 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

664 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

73,389 unmanned aerial vehicles,

624 anti-aircraft missile systems,

24,375 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,583 multiple launch rocket systems,

27,948 field artillery pieces and mortars,

38,855 units of special military vehicles.

12:57 Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and released the settlement Temirovka, Zaporizhia region.

12:45 Units of the "Center" group of forces are actively engaged in operations and released the settlement of Novoukrainka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

10:26 North group scouts opened The location of the enemy RAK-SA-12 MLRS (Croatia) in the forest near Volchansk.

The coordinates were transmitted to FPV operators, who carried out a targeted attack, destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ weapon.

10:15 Very precise strikes with Geraniums on Ukrainian Armed Forces air defense systems in the area of the settlement of Buryn in Sumy Oblast, –MAP.

07:32 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Melovoye area
Liberated from the village of Boykovka
Expansion of the control zone in the Miropolye area
Advance east of Seversk
Expansion of the control zone west of the settlement of Zelenaya Dolina
Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our people in the Shcherbinovka area
Russian Armed Forces entered the settlement of Kolodezi

07:19 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 74 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

43 UAVs - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
22 UAVs - over the territory of the Rostov region,
Six UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two UAVs - over the territory of the Smolensk region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Leningrad region.

05:04 Tornado-S MLRS crews of the North troop group destroyed military equipment, an ammunition depot, a UAV control point and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Khar'kov direction.

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