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🎮 Unmanned Systems Forces' specialists hit enemy positions 00:00 UAV operators of the Sever Group of Forces destroyed AFU pickup trucks and ATVs involved in the rotation of military personnel and delivery of materiel in Sumy region. 00:39 The Vostok Group of Forces' drone operators thwarted the reinforcement of AFU in Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region). 01:14 The Tsentr Group of Forces' FPV drones successfully neutralised ATVs with paratroopers inside, manpower, a repeater, and a shelter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnoarmeysk direction. 01:40 The Dnepr Group of Forces' UAVs hit motor vehicles, camouflaged repeater antennas, and enemy UAV command posts. 01:59 A UAV team of the Zapad Group of Forces' separate engineer brigade remotely mined approaches to AFU positions near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎯 Unmanned Systems Forces' teams of the Dnepr Group of Forces adjusted the destruction of a camouflaged AFU gun on the right bank of the Dnepr River in Kherson region. 💥 During the planned overflight, Airborne Troops' Zala reconnaissance drone operator from Ivanovo detected a strike delivered from an enemy gun camouflaged in a forest belt. 🎯 Artillerymen launched an attack on received coordinates and destroyed a camouflaged gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

💬 Servicemen of the Vostok Group of Forces told about the liberation of Varvarovka in Zaporozhye region. ➡️00:51 Leader of an assault group with the call sign 'Krasava' told how his unit entered the settlement and mopped up some buildings with the support of FPV teams:

'We entered the settlement in small groups consisting of two and three soldiers. When there were open areas, we crossed it one by one. We captured a street and reached a building. The enemy was there. We offered to surrender. The enemy refused to do that. We asked our UAV teams for the support. At first the teams launched an attack, then we started mopping up the building'.

➡️01:47 Senior reconnaissance operator with call sign 'Buran' told how drone teams detected enemy positions from the air, and assault detachments got a chance to enter safely:

'We adjusted actions of our troops, reported where it is easier to enter enemy positions. There were camouflaged barbed wires, mined paths. We came in successfully, without any losses, and captured the building. After assault groups had already entered the settlement, we detected two UAV positions of the enemy. Then, we transmitted the coordinates where Ukrainian troops were located. After that, artillery hit the target, the enemy was neutralised'.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

Zapad Group of Forces' Molniya-2 UAV teams support actions of assault detachments in Krasny Liman direction 📱 One of assault groups requested the creation of smokescreen conditions to covertly move to an AFU stronghold. In a short period of time, operators brought a smoke-charged UAV into the sky. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🪖 Units of Vostok Group of Forces take control of Peschanoye in Dnepropetrovsk region 🪖 Assault detachments of the 29th Army's 36th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (Vostok Group of Forces) crossed the Gaichur River and took control over an AFU fortified area near Peschanoye in Dnepropetrovsk region. 💥 As a result of the fighting, seven pieces of hardware and more than twenty Baba Yaga heavy hexacopters were neutralised. 🤝 The occupation of the area expanded the control zone on the west bank of the Gaichur River and created conditions for further assault actions in this direction. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🪖 Units of Vostok Group of Forces take control of Peschanoye in Dnepropetrovsk region 🪖 Assault detachments of the 29th Army's 36th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (Vostok Group of Forces) crossed the Gaichur River and took control over an AFU fortified area near Peschanoye in Dnepropetrovsk region. 💥 As a result of the fighting, seven pieces of hardware and more than twenty Baba Yaga heavy hexacopters were neutralised. 🤝 The occupation of the area expanded the control zone on the west bank of the Gaichur River and created conditions for further assault actions in this direction. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

💥 The Tsentr Group of Forces' T-80BVM tank crew eliminated one stronghold and manpower of the AFU in Krasnoarmeysk direction.

We hit an enemy stronghold. There were several targets. Enemy positions were 11 km away from us. We used high-explosive shells,' said a tank leader.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

❗️ Following the results of the meeting, Andrei Belousov ordered to develop a model for multi-level, multi-stage interaction with the volunteer movement and gave a number of specific instructions to responsible authorities for reviewing and implementing volunteer initiatives, which were presented during the meeting. At the suggestion of Andrei Belousov, meetings with volunteers are going to be held on a regular basis – quarterly. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚡️Andrei Belousov meets with activists of All-Russia People's Front 🧔 Andrei Belousov met with activists of the All-Russia People's Front, who provide assistance to servicemen of the special military operation. The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation expressed the firm belief that volunteers are the country's gold foundation.

'These people' actions speak louder than words. They fulfil common human duty towards others wasting their time and risking their lives,' said Andrei Belousov.

❗️Andrei Belousov stressed that the main purpose of the meeting is to identify the issues and constraints that volunteers face in their work, and to develop mechanisms to address them and implement them.

'You interact with our servicemen, who are on the line of contact or close to the line of contact in the zone of combat operations. For me, the information about what's going on is invaluable, because you feel it in your own way,' noted the head of the military department.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 15 December 2025 Part 2 (👉 see Part 1) 🚩 As a result of resolute actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Peschanoye (Dnepropetrovsk region). 💥 Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Gulyai Pole, Kosovtsevo (Zaporozhye region), Andreyevka, and Velemikhaylovka (Dnepropetrovsk region). ▪️ The AFU losses were more than 240 troops, eight motor vehicles, one artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and two materiel depots. 💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces launched attack on formations of two mechanised brigades, one coastal defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Razumovka, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region) and Otradokamenka (Kherson region). ▪️ The enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, four electronic warfare stations, one ammunition depot, and one materiel depot. ✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted fire damage on transport infrastructure facilities involved in delivering Western-made weapons, ammunition, fuel depots, temporary deployment areas of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 167 areas. 🎯 Air defence systems shot down one Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, 17 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 545 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. 📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost: ▫️ 669 aircraft, ▫️ 283 helicopters, ▫️ 103,182 unmanned aerial vehicles, ▫️ 639 anti-aircraft missile systems, ▫️ 26,546 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, ▫️ 1,631 MLRS combat vehicles, ▫️ 31,915 field artillery guns and mortars, ▫️ 49,076 support military vehicles. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 15 December 2025 🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. 💥 Units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two territorial defence brigades and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Miropolye, Kondratovka, and Ryzhevka (Sumy region). 🔥 In Kharkov direction, Russian troops launched attacks on units of four mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Primorskoye, Baranovka, Nesternoye, Vilcha, Volchanskiye Khutora, and Pershotravnevoye (Kharkov region). ▪️ The enemy losses were more than 270 troops, 13 motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and four materiel depots. ➡️ Units of the Zapad Group of Forces continue to inflict fire damage on an encircled enemy group on the left bank of the Oskol River. 💥 Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Glushkovka, Monachinovka, Shiykovka, Blagodatovka, Podoly (Kharkov region), and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic). ▪️ The AFU losses were more than 220 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles including two Stryker armoured personnel carriers, and two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles. In addition, 12 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station, and three ammunition depots were neutralised. 📍 The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops launched attacks on formations of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one National Guard brigade, and one brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Petrovskoye, Stepanovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic). ▪️ The enemy losses were up to 195 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, two artillery guns, three ammunition depots, and four fuel depots. 💥 The Tsentr Group of Forces' units continued to hit positions of the enemy in Dimitrov (Donetsk People's Republic) as well as to mop up the area from scattered Ukrainian troops near Svetloye, Grishino, and Rodinskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). 🔥 Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one airmobile brigade, two air assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, one territorial defence brigade, and two National Guard brigades close to Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic), Novopodgorodnoye, and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region). ▪️ The enemy losses were more than 490 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, five motor vehicles, and two artillery guns including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer. 👉 See Part 2 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚡️As a result of resolute actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Peschanoye (Dnepropetrovsk region). 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎯 Reconnaissance snipers of the BARS-27 detachment as part of the Yug Group of Forces' volunteer unit operating in Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka direction detected and destroyed two Baba Yaga hexacopters. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚔️ A Uragan MLRS crew of the Vostok Group of Forces hit temporary deployment areas of the AFU near Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region). As a result of the salvo, fortified positions and structures where the enemy used to deploy manpower were destroyed. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🔥The Sever Group of Forces’ TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system destroyed camouflaged enemy positions in Kharkov region. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

📆 Top News Today ▫️ The Vostok Group of Forces continues to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence and has completed the liberation of Varvarovka (Zaporozhye region). ▫️ Personnel of the 288th Artillery Brigade assigned to the Zapad Group of Forces received state and departmental awards. ▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows footage of a Giatsint-B crew, reconnaissance units, and UAV pilots. #TopNews 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎮 Drone pilots of Unmanned System Forces leave no chance for enemy 00:00 A Lancet UAV team of the Sever Group of Forces detected and destroyed a Mangust radar of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkov direction. 00:07 FPV drone operators of the Vostok Group of Forces shot down enemy hexacopters over Gulyaypole in Zaporozhye region. 00:19 UAV operators of the Dnepr Group of Forces delivered strikes at AFU targets in Zaporozhye region. 00:28 FPV drones operators of the Sever Group of Forces burned down an AFU ATV and motor vehicles as well as rammed a heavy Baba Yaga hexacopter in Sumy region. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎖 Volunteered servicemembers of the BARS-37 detachment (Dnepr Group of Forces) were presented with state and departmental awards for their courage, bravery, and heroism during combat operations in Orekhov direction. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚔️ The 152-mm Giatsint-B artillery crew of the Tsentr Group of Forces disrupted personnel rotation of the AFU in Krasnoarmeysk direction. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🪖 Reconnaissance units of the Vostok Group of Forces pierced the adversary defence to the east of the Gaychur River and liberated Varvarovka in Zaporozhye region. 🪖 As a result of the actions, a large defence centre was taken under control. The enemy's manpower, more than 12 pieces of hardware as well as more than 70 Baba-Yaga heavy hexacopters have been obliterated. 📍The liberation of Varvarovka is one of the stages to complete the mopping up the eastern bank of the Gaychur River. The Vostok Group's units improved the tactical situation in the area, creating conditions for further action in Zaporozhye region. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry