[NewsFront] 21:33 Tankers of the "East" group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in forest belts in the South Donetsk direction.
During the battle, the enemy lost up to 30 servicemen, two Kozak combat armored vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and a field ammunition supply point.
20:34 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Chasy Yara and on the western bank of the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass Canal, –MAP.
19:09 The following were hit by the FPV drone crews of the Rubicon Center: AHS Krab self-propelled guns of Polish manufacture, T-72 VSU, and PzH2000 VSU self-propelled guns of German manufacture.
17:23 UAV crews of the 132nd Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District destroyed hexocopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces –VIDEO
Servicemen of the 27th Artillery Regiment of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed an ammunition depot and an electronic warfare station of the enemy in the area of the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
A crew of the Lancet loitering munition from the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region.
Operators of attack UAVs of the Tula Guards Airborne Unit destroy equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.
UAV operators of the Vostok group of forces destroyed enemy heavy hexacopters "Baba Yaga" in the South Donetsk direction.
16:38 The Russian Armed Forces have raised flags in liberated Redkodub, – MAP.
15:46 The Russian Armed Forces are fighting in Karpovka and are also continuing to encircle Zelenaya Dolina, – MAP.
14:53 Pokrovskoe (Krasnoarmeyskoye) direction. Right flank/ Druzhkovskoye direction
Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive in the general direction of Raiskoye and have advanced in the direction of Koptevo, dislodging the enemy from a number of strongholds and farms northwest of Shevchenko-First.
Fierce head-on battles with the use of armored vehicles continue in Poltavka and on the approaches to Rusin Yar.
14:25 Servicemen of the 20th Army of the West Forces Group released the settlement of Redkodub in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Thanks to the coordinated actions of the fighters, the use of aviation, artillery and attack UAVs, military equipment was destroyed and the firing points of the Ukrainian militants were suppressed.
13:37 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 4, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
As a result of active actions, units of the North group of forces completed the liberation of the village of Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.
Concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized, tank, airborne assault, ranger brigades, a coastal defense brigade, an airborne assault, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the center of special operations forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Iskrikivschina, Petrushevka, Sadki, Yunakovka, Novaya Sich, Pisarevka, Khoten, Pavlovka and Velykyi Prikol in Sumy Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, two tanks, three combat armored vehicles, nine cars and five field artillery pieces. A radar station and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the West military group liberated the settlement of Redkodub in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized, assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the populated areas of Chistovodovka, Kupyansk, Glushchenkovo, Borovaya, Peschanoye, Olgovka, Andreyevka in the Khar'kov region and Volchiy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, a tank, four combat armored vehicles, 13 vehicles and three artillery pieces, including a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Bogdana" and a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Panzerhaubitze 2000" made in Germany. The electronic warfare stations "Quertus" and "Anklav" were destroyed, as well as five ammunition depots.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved the situation along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, assault, airmobile and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Dronovka, Seversk, Privolye, Nikiforovka, Serebryanka, Pereyezdnoye, Konstantinovka, Ivanopolye and Aleksandro-Shultino of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 250 servicemen, three vehicles, six artillery pieces and a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher. Two electronic warfare stations, a counter-battery radar station and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of six mechanized, two airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade and two national guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Petrovskoye, Udachnoye, Novonikolayevka, Dimitrov, Koptevo and Bogdanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 520 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles and five field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Komar, Otradnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 180 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, five cars, three field artillery pieces and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Plavni, Pavlovka, Orekhov, Novoyakovlevka in the Zaporizhia region, Ponyatovka, Antonovka and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.
The enemy lost up to 75 servicemen, eight vehicles and two artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations, two counter-battery radar stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the launcher, radar station and control cabin of the IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system manufactured in Germany, damaged a fuel production plant, workshops for assembling strike unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage sites, ammunition depots, a logistics base, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in 133 districts.
Air defense systems shot down three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets and 109 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
663 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
61,316 unmanned aerial vehicles,
610 anti-aircraft missile systems,
23,749 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
1,566 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,
25,696 field artillery pieces and mortars,
36,441 units of special military vehicles.
12:50 On frames: The destruction by strike drones of the Russian Armed Forces of two 122mm howitzers D-30 and a 152mm howitzer 2S3 "Akatsiya" of the 1st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using the UAV "Inohodets-BLA" and the UAV "Forpost" with the use of UAB-20 in the area of the settlement of Frunzenka in the Sumy region.
11:30 Calculation of the ground robotic complex "Mole-1" struck firing point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit in the Dyleevka area in the DPR. The work of the "Mole" was adjusted by the UAV crew.
11:03 Calculation of the Iskander-M OTRK with a precise hit destroyed The enemy's IRIS-T air defense missile system in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
09:31 Calculation of the Geranium UAV destroyed warehouse of Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Kherson region.
Objective monitoring equipment recorded a secondary detonation of the affected object.
08:36 122mm BM-21 BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of the Aleysky motorized rifle unit of the Center group of forces inflicted a strike against concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk.
08:24 Sumy region
The assault forces of the Russian Armed Forces, after a complete clearing of the settlement of Andreyevka and adjacent locations, are preparing to storm the settlement of Khoten, which is less than seven km away.
After which a stable bridgehead will be created for the assault on Sumy.
08:08 Sumy region. The Russian Armed Forces entered Novonikolaevka –MAP.
07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Andreevka has been liberated➡️
Advance in the Vladimirovka - Belovody area
Control zone south of Yablonovka has been expanded
Advance north of Romanovka👉
Correction of the control zone in Staritsa in favor of the enemy
07:13 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Four UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region.
06:37 Servicemen of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center Group of Forces told of details of the liberation of the village of Troitskoye in the DPR.