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💥 FPV drones have a successful hunt
00:00 In Krasnoarmeysk direction, attack drones deprived the enemy from communications and destroyed AFU antennas, radio relay stations, and heavy drones.
00:46 In Orekhov direction, UAV operators hit an AFU dugout.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 21 July 2025
💥 Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range air, ground, and sea-based high-precision weapons, including Kinzhal air-ballistic hypersonic missiles, as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry and military airfields.
✅ The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
📍 The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Group hit manpower and military hardware of one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, one air assault regiment and one assault regiment of the AFU close to Pavlovka, Varachino, Sadki, and Kondratovka (Sumy region).
💥 In Kharkov direction, units of one mechanised brigade and one territorial defence brigade of the AFU have been hit near Volchansk and Melovoye (Kharkov region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.
📍 The Zapad Group's units improved the situation along the front line. They inflicted fire damage on two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade near Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
▪️ The enemy losses amounted to more than 230 troops, 14 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. Four electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots were neutralised.
📍 The Yug Group's units took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade near Konstantinovka, Ivanopolye, Dronovka, Zakotnoye, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ The enemy lost up to 140 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and two artillery guns. An ammunition depot and three materiel depots were neutralised.
📍 The Tsentr Group's units improved the tactical situation. They inflicted fire damage on units of two mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, one airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one national guard brigade close to Artemovka, Oktyabrskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye, Novoekonomicheskoye, and Poltavka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ Up to 425 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, 12 pickup trucks, and three artillery guns of the enemy have been neutralised.
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▫️As a result of successful offensive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Belaya Gora (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, and Missile troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck one fuel infrastructure object used by the AFU, one UAV workshop as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas.
▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows FPV drone operators in action.
▫️EOD specialists of the International Mine Action Centre held a lesson in a summer camp in Belgorod region.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 20 July 2025
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
↗️ Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Filiya (Dnepropetrovsk region), Zeleny Gai (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and one electronic warfare station.
💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades near Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Sadovoye, Belozerka (Kherson region).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, seven motor vehicles, five electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and two materiel depots.
✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, and Missile troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck one fuel infrastructure object used by the AFU, one UAV workshop as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas.
🎯 Air defence units shot down two guided aerial bombs, four U.S.-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles, and 364 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
🔹 664 aircraft,
🔹 283 helicopters,
🔹 71,066 unmanned aerial vehicles,
🔹 619 anti-aircraft missile systems,
🔹 24,277 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
🔹 1,577 MLRS combat vehicles,
🔹 27,593 field artillery guns and mortars,
🔹 38,459 special military vehicles.
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⚡️As a result of successful offensive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Belaya Gora (Donetsk People's Republic).
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🗓 Top News Today
▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike by long-range air-, ground-, and sea-based precision weapons, strike UAVs at enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry that produce components of missiles and strike drones. All the assigned targets were engaged.
▫️Air defence systems shot down six guided aerial bombs and 349 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
▫️The Russian troops told about the liberation of Kamenskoye in Zaporozhye region.
▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows D-30 howitzers and UAV operators in action within the special military operation.
▫️Russian and Uzbek servicemen practised capturing a stronghold of illegal armed formations within framework of the Hamkorlik 2025 Russian-Uzbek tactical exercises.
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💪 UAV teams and artillery crews of Vostok Group of Forces destroy enemy positions
00:00 Strike UAVs hit one AFU antenna complex and a UAV command post near Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic.
00:19 Artillery crews of the 35th Combined Arms Army wiped out enemy dugouts equipped in a wooded area in Zaporozhye direction.
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⚔️ The D-30 towed howitzer crew wiped out enemy manpower, thwarting rotation of AFU units in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
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🎮UAV operators of Dnepr Group of Forces deliver food, water, and medicines to forward positions with help of quadcopters
🤝 The use of UAVs makes it possible to significantly reduce risks and preserve the lives and health of the Russian fighters.
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🇷🇺🇺🇿 Russian and Uzbek servicemen practise capturing stronghold of illegal armed formation within framework of Hamkorlik 2025 Russian-Uzbek tactical exercise
➡️ According to the plan, mock groups of illegal armed formations crossed the state border and occupied areas in the border areas in order to build up forces for further offensive and seizure of infrastructure.
🪖 The servicemen of the joint forces blocked groups of the mock enemy, detected its strongholds and clusters of hardware and manpower.
🎮 Russian operators of reconnaissance and strike drones wiped out armoured and motor vehicles of the mock illegal armed formation, providing favourable conditions for the further offensive of the joint forces.
🏍 Assault groups of motorised rifle units using mobile means of movement – buggies, pickup trucks, and motorbikes – cleared the border areas of the mock enemy under the cover of BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers.
💥 During the entire operation, the crews of the T-72 tanks of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan provided cover for the joint forces.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 19 July 2025
💥Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike by long-range air-, ground-, and sea-based precision weapons, strike UAVs at enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry that produce components of missiles and strike drones.
✅All the assigned targets were engaged.
📍Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU close to Varachino, Ryzhevka, Yablonovka, Yunakovka, Alekseyevka, and Kondratovka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, formations of two territorial defence brigades were hit close to Gatishche and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and one ammunition depot.
📍The Zapad Group's units improved the situation along the front line and inflicted fire damage on formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Kupyansk, Sinkovka, Novy Mir (Kharkov region), Koroviy Yar, Karpovka, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️The enemy losses amounted to more than 230 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, to include one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, 18 motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns. One U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station, two electronic warfare stations, and seven ammunition depots were wiped out.
📍 The Yug Group's units took more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Seversk, Serebryanka, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Kleban Byk, Shcherbinovka, and Belaya Gora (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️The enemy lost up to 125 troops and two artillery guns. One fuel depot and one material depot were destroyed.
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🪖 Assault detachments of 25th Combined Arms Army (Zapad Group of Forces) capture enemy's fortified positions at training ground in rear area of special military operation
💥 The servicemen practised various combat operations, taking into account the terrain and possible resistance of the enemy. Particular attention was paid to the cohesion of units, the rapid elimination of firing points, and the competent capturing of the enemy's positions.
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▫️From 12 to 18 July, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out five group strikes with air-based high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles to hit Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, infrastructure of military airfields, facilities for assembling and storing attack unmanned aerial vehicles and uncrewed surface vehicles, arsenals, depots of fuel and materiel, TCC facilities, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
▫️The Russian Aerospace Forces eliminated a UAV command post and a temporary deployment area of the enemy.
▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows footage of a Grad MLRS crew, signalmen, and UAV pilots in action.
▫️Servicemen of the 201st Russian military base of the Central Military District demonstrated modern methods of combat operations as part of the Hamkorlik 2025 joint tactical exercise.
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🏳️ Sergei Korol, a Ukrainian prisoner of war, told about harsh conditions and low morale in the Ukrainian army.
Sergei was mobilised in 2023 with poor health, and the difficult situation was further compounded by mistreatment from the command. He said that their company leader gave a terrible beating to his subordinates for disobeying.
'Our company leader wasn't usually good at speaking to people. Always shouting. For failing to comply with orders, he punished us with digging trenches or anything else. He also gave a terrible beating to his subordinates,' the prisoner tells about his commander.
'I don't understand why die for nothing'.
🎮 Russian drones hit enemy in all directions
00:00 Tsentr Group's drones wiped out dozens of AFU hardware and fortifications on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk.
00:23 Attack UAV operators of the Crimean paratroopers wiped out AFU armoured vehicles with personnel in Sumy region.
00:37 FPV drones of the Vostok Group of Forces wiped out a Ukrainian tank near Filiya in Dnepropetrovsk region.
00:48 The Geran-2 drone crews hit a UAV training piloting centre and assembly workshop near Tatyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 21 July 2025
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
↗️ The Vostok Group's units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defence brigades close to Iskra, Zeleny Gai (Donetsk People's Republic), Novogeorgiyevka (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Novoselovka (Zaporozhye region).
▪️ The AFU sustained losses of up to 215 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and two ammunition depots.
💥 The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Antonovka, Belozerki (Kherson region), and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
▪️ The enemy's losses amounted to up to 60 troops, seven motor vehicles, three artillery guns, six electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots.
✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted damage on ammunition depots, a UAV assembly workshop, a TCR, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian troops, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.
🎯 Three Patriot anti-aircraft missile launchers and one U.S.-made AN/MPQ-65 multi-role radar were neutralised.
🎯 Air defence systems shot down one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, as well as 397 fixed-wing UAVs.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
▫️ 664 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 71,463 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 622 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 24,287 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,577 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 27,667 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 38,522 special military vehicles.
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🚩 Servicemen of the 102nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (Tsentr Group of Forces) gave details about liberation of Popov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
🪖 The operation lasted several days and included actions of assault detachments from various directions, rapid manoeuvres to mislead the enemy, as well as strikes of the main forces on the approaches to the settlement.
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📍At night, a reconnaissance drone team located the enemy's radar station on the right bank of Dnepr River in Kherson region. The target's coordinates were transferred to FPV drone operators.
💥 The foreign-made RADA tactical radar station of the AFU was destroyed by a precise strike.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 20 July 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
📍Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one air assault and one assault regiments of the AFU near Varachino, Khrapovshchina, Yunakovka, Mogritsa, Sadki, and Kondratovka (Sumy region).
💥 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one mechanised brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Melovoye and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.
📍 Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Kupyansk, Petrovskoye (Kharkov region), and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun.
▪️Three electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots were destroyed.
🚩 As a result of successful offensive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Belaya Gora (Donetsk People's Republic).
💥 Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Seversk, Dronovka, Zakotnoye, Ivanopolye, Platonovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 165 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. Five ammunition depots and one materiel depot were destroyed.
📍 Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, three assault brigades, one airborne brigade of the AFU and one national guard brigade near Sergeyevka, Mayak, Molodetskoye, Muravka, Zverevo, Udachnoye, Novoekonomicheskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Krasnoznamenka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 450 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, seven artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.
👉 See Part 2
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🧨 EOD specialists of the International Mine Action Centre held a lesson in a summer camp in Belgorod region.
🔹 The EOD specialists explained a course of actions in case of detection of explosive hazards and spoke about the tricks the enemy uses when laying mines.
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🏳️'The dead man was brought in. And the other one was brought in only to be pumped off': Ukrainian POW Artyom Irkha told about the replenishment being delivered to the AFU units.
They don't even look at people. It doesn't matter whether you have disabilities or not. They bring all men as bodies in buses. Buses which are full of bodies. On the bus, some people die, they even bring in dead,' the POW recalls.
📸Tsentr Group's assault detachments undergo complex combat training at training ground in rear area of special military operation
The drills include:
🔹combat tactics in the treelines in combat twos,
🔹assault of trenches and fortified positions,
🔹work with different types of weapons.
➡️ Complex drills make it possible to prepare the fighters for any conditions of combat.
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🇷🇺 Kamenskoye is under control of Russian troops
🪖 In the course of the offensive operations, assault groups covertly crossed the Yanchekrak river, knocked AFU militants out of strongholds, and captured on the outskirts of the settlement.
💪 The enemy, who failed to cope with the Russian winged infantry, began to retreat.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 19 July 2025
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
📍Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Group's units hit formations of five mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one jaeger brigade, one airborne brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades near Krasnoarmeysk, Novoukrainka, Muravka, Zverevo, Petrovskogo, and Udachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 450 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, three artillery guns, to include one U.K.-made 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system.
↗️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade were hit close to Novogeorgiyevka, Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Zeleny Gai (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station.
💥The Dnepr Group's units inflicted losses on one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Malaya Tokmachka, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, and Ponyatovka (Kherson region).
▪️ More than 45 troops, five motor vehicles, three artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, three electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots were eliminated.
✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, and Missile troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on the territorial recruitment centre, infrastructure of the military airfield, aircraft repair enterprise, UAV launch sites as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian troops in 132 areas.
🎯Air defence systems shot down six guided aerial bombs and 349 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
🔹 664 aircraft,
🔹 283 helicopters,
🔹 70,702 unmanned aerial vehicles,
🔹 619 anti-aircraft missile systems,
🔹 24,259 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
🔹 1,577 MLRS combat vehicles,
🔹 27,576 field artillery guns and mortars,
🔹 38,402 special military vehicles.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike by long-range air-, ground-, and sea-based precision weapons, strike UAVs at enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry that produce components of missiles and strike drones. All the assigned targets were engaged.
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📱 Sever Group's military signalmen provide stable and secure communication between command and units in Kharkov direction
The servicemen perform not only scheduled maintenance of the facilities, but also promptly repair the damage to wired devices and satellite means of communication directly on the line of contact.
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📱 In South Donetsk direction, signalmen of the 29th Combined Arms Army recovered a fibre-optic communication line which had been damaged by an AFU FPV drone.
The servicemen promptly arrived at the point of damage and performed all necessary tasks in conditions of fire from the enemy. Observers were deployed to ensure air safety and monitored the situation.
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🧨 Engineers from 44th Army Corps demine area from explosive objects in Kharkov direction
Clearing trails and roads from remote mines is one of the most important tasks on the line of contact. These routes are used for providing military personnel with the necessary ammunition, food and materiel.
💬 An engineering platoon leader with the call sign 'Mrak' explained why it is not safe to approach an explosive element closer than 1.5 metres.
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