Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (February 23, 2025) - TEXT ONLY

REPORT by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation (23 February 2025)

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

▫️In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces defeated formations of one motorised infantry brigade and one territorial defence brigade close to Volchansk and Zolochev (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses were up to 30 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, two artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer.

▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Kupyansk, Dvurechnaya, Peschanoye, Shiykovka, Zagoruykovka, Novaya Kruglyakovka Staroverovka, Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region), Yampolovka and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 190 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one French-made VAB armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns, including two NATO-made ones. In addition, one Nota electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were neutralised.

▫️As a result of decisive offensive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).

Russian troops hit formations of six mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU near Seversk, Dronovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Novomarkovo, Belogorovka, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 165 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.
One radar reconnaissance station and two ammunition depots were neutralised.

▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces' units completed the liberation of Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Russian troops launched and attack on formations of seven mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault brigade, one assault regiment, and two National Guard brigade close to Kotlino, Zverevo, Sergeyevka, Lenina, Berezovka, Shevchenko, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 360 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.

▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Konstantinopol, Razliv, Bogatyr, Komar, Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses were more than 150 troops, one Novator armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and two ammunition depots.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged military personnel and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, and three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Respublikanets, Vysokoye, Sadovoye, Dneprovskoye (Kherson region), Lobkovoye, and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses were up to 85 troops, seven motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, locations of AFU senior staff meetings, and training sites for unmanned aerial vehicles operators, fuel depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian troops in 142 areas.

▫️Air defence units shot down four French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, and 73 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 ▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 44,263 unmanned aerial vehicles, 596 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,713 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,521 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,980 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,059 units of support military vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised.
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REPORT by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (23 February 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

▫️During offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, Sudzha, and Yuzhny. Four enemy counter-attacks were repelled.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Zamostye, Kositsa, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Vladimirovka, Zhuravka, Iskriskovsshchina, Maryevka, Nizhnyaya Syrovatka, Novaya Sech, Novenkoye, Novonikolayevka, Turya, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.

▫️During the day, the AFU losses were over 200 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, one M270 MLRS launcher, one transport-loading vehicle, two artillery guns, four mortars, one electronic warfare station, and two ammunition depots.

📊 ▫️Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 62,850 troops, 376 tanks, 288 infantry fighting vehicles, 239 armoured personnel carriers, 1,991 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,143 motor vehicles, 467 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 22 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 10 transport-loading vehicles, 114 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, seven air defence radars, 49 units of engineering and other materiel, including 19 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.