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📆 Top News Today ▫️ Russian President Vladimir Putin summed up the results of the year and answered questions from journalists and residents of the country about the situation on the front lines of the special military operation and the work of defence industry enterprises in the context of the modern "drone war". The issues of supplying the army with UAVs were touched upon, as well as the topic of social guarantees for participants of the special operation and their family members. ▫️ In response to terrorist attacks launched by Ukraine against civilian facilities in Russia, from 13 to 19 December, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered one massive and six group strikes by precision weaponry, including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles, as a result of which losses were inflicted on Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, power facilities, ensuring their operation, transport and port infrastructure, used by the AFU, an assembly and testing centre of uncrewed surface vehicles of the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence, long-range unmanned aerial vehicle assembly workshops and storages, POL and ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries. ▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows footage of tankmen and UAV operators of the Unmanned Systems Forces in action. ▫️Servicemen shared details of liberation of Peschanoye and Gerasimovka in Dnepropetrovsk region. ▫️Servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces evacuated five residents of Krasnoarmeysk. #TopNews 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

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🎮 Units of Unmanned Systems Forces in action 00:00 Molniya-2 fixed-wing attack UAV teams of the 58th Guards Combined Arms Arms as part of the Dnepr Group of Forces hit buildings and manpower of the enemy in Zaporozhye region. 00:12 UAV teams of the 5th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade as part of the Tsentr Group of Forces wiped out manpower and firing points of the AFU formations in Krasnoarmeysk direction. 00:15 Drone teams of the Vostok Group of Forces thwarted an attempt to launch a counterattack by the AFU in Gulyaipole. 00:58 Drone teams of the Sever Group of Forces destroyed a concealed motor vehicle, a ground robotic system, and repeater antennas of the enemy in Kharkov region. 01:11 FPV drone teams of the 27th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade as part of the Zapad Group of Forces delivered food supplies to assault detachments in Kupyansk direction. 01:18 UAV operators of the Yug Group of Forces destroyed a shelter with the enemy's manpower in Seversk direction. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚙️ Servicemen of the 346th Logistics Regiment as part of the Sever Group of Forces deliver all types of personal belongings, personal hygiene products, medicines, and food supplies, using both ground and aerial unmanned systems. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🏳️ Captured Ukrainian serviceman Oleg Khristenko told about the state of the AFU in encircled Dimitrov (Donetsk People's Republic):

'There are a lot of casualties, a lot of FPV drones flying around. Our command sends everyone to positions. They send people and they either get captured, or killed. I would recommend men to surrender as the city is encircled, there is no way out.'

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Servicemen of the Vostok Group of Forces shared details of liberation of Peschanoye and Gerasimovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

'We moved in Peschanoye swiftly. We advanced and entered one more settlement, namely, Gerasimovka. It was harder to liberate Gerasimovka as the enemy was more resilient and fought back,' said serviceman of an assault detachment with the call sign 'Kosmos'.

🪖 The servicemen approached Gerasimovka through open terrain and under strikes of the enemy's UAVs.

A serviceman of an assault detachment with the call sign 'Ataman' told, which part surprise effect and weather conditions played during the assault: 'Enemy UAVs struck us, when we approached. Weather conditions were on our side. The fog facilitated our efforts.'

❗️ The liberation of the settlements became an important stage in consolidating units of the Vostok Group of Forces on the western bank of the Gaichur River and enabled further offensive operations in this direction. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚙️Kuriyer ground robotic system operators of paratroopers from Ulyanovsk ensure logistic support of forward airborne units in Orekhov direction (Zaporozhye region). Apart from logistics, ground robotic system operators perform reconnaissance and dispose of explosive hazards in logistic routes 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

The President answered a question by Kristina Grebe, a widow of a special military operation participant, who asked if it was possible to reduce the time it took to process applications for survivor's pensions and issue survivor IDs

First of all, I want to apologise to you for the tardiness on the part of the relevant services. Your case is going to be resolved quickly. But the problem is there. <...> We will work on that to expedite everything. I will definitely keep track of all that personally.

🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 13 — 19 December 2025 Part 2 (👉 see Part 1) 🚩 Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy's defences and, as a result of resolute actions, liberated Peschanoye, Gerasimovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Varvarovka (Zaporozhye region). 🔥 Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, three assault regiments of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade. ▪️ Over the week, in the Vostok Group of Forces' area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to more 1,795 troops, four tanks, 20 armoured fighting vehicles, 64 motor vehicles, seven field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations, nine ammunition and materiel depots. 🔥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one coastal defence brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade. ▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 370 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 93 motor vehicles, 19 field artillery guns, including two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, seven electronic warfare stations, 18 ammunition and materiel depots. 🎯 Air defence units shot down nine guided aerial bombs, one Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, 20 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, two Neptune long-range guided missiles, and 1,689 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. 📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost: ▫️ 669 aircraft, ▫️ 283 helicopters, ▫️ 103,867 unmanned aerial vehicles, ▫️ 640 anti-aircraft missile systems, ▫️ 26,606 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, ▫️ 1,633 MLRS combat vehicles, ▫️ 32,021 field artillery guns and mortars, ▫️ 49,447 support military vehicles. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 13 — 19 December 2025 ❗️ In response to terrorist attacks launched by Ukraine against civilian facilities in Russia, from 13 to 19 December, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered one massive and six group strikes by precision weaponry, including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles, as a result of which losses were inflicted on Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, power facilities, ensuring their operation, transport and port infrastructure, used by the AFU, an assembly and testing centre of uncrewed surface vehicles of the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence, long-range unmanned aerial vehicle assembly workshops and storages, POL and ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries. 💥 Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, two national guard regiments, and one border security detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in Sumy region. 💥 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on formations of two heavy mechanised brigades, four mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades. ▪️ In total, in the Sever Group of Forces' area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to more than 1,425 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, 74 motor vehicles, five field artillery guns, one Grad MLRS launcher, seven electronic warfare stations, 11 ammunition and materiel depots. 🚩 As a result of resolute actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novoplatonovka (Kharkov region). 💥 Losses were inflicted on formations of six mechanised brigades, two assault brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade. ▪️ In this direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 1,515 troops, two tanks, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, including nine Western-made armoured fighting vehicles, 106 motor vehicles, one Croatian-made Heron MLRS launcher, and 10 field artillery guns. Six electronic warfare stations and 29 ammunition depots were destroyed. 📍 The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one airmobile brigade, two mountain assault brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades. ▪️ In total, in the Yug Group of Forces' area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to more than 1,310 troops, one tank, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, including five NATO-made armoured fighting vehicles, 91 motor vehicles, and 17 field artillery guns. Four electronic warfare stations and 26 ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed. 📍 Over the past week, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and continued to eliminate the encircled group of the AFU troops in Dimitrov (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as mop up separate enemy formations near Rodinskoye, Svetloye, and Grishino (Donetsk People's Republic). 💥 Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, two infantry brigades, two jaeger brigades, one airmobile brigade, two air assault brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, two marine brigades, one territorial defence brigade, four national guard brigades, and the Azov Special Operations Brigade. ▪️ In this direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 3,505 troops, three tanks, 25 armoured fighting vehicles, 39 motor vehicles, one Grad MLRS launcher, and 20 field artillery guns. 👉 See Part 2 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚡️ In response to terrorist attacks launched by Ukraine against civilian facilities in Russia, from 13 to 19 December, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered one massive and six group strikes by precision weaponry, including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles, as a result of which losses were inflicted on: ▫️ Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, ▫️ power facilities, ensuring their operation, ▫️ transport and port infrastructure, used by the AFU, ▫️ an assembly and testing centre of uncrewed surface vehicles of the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence, ▫️ long-range unmanned aerial vehicle assembly workshops and storages, ▫️ POL and ammunition depots, ▫️ temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

↗️ Servicemen of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army as part of the Tsentr Group of Forces evacuated five residents of Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People's Republic). ⚡️ After evacuation and accommodation in a temporary accommodation center, all necessary assistance was provided to the residents and the process of document restoration was launched. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

💥 Tankmen of the Vostok Group of Forces destroyed temporary deployment areas of the AFU in Gulyaipole. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry