[NewsFront] 20:52 Shooting down of Ukrainian hexacopters by FPV drones in Novoselovsky direction —video.
19:51 Servicemen of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces sharpen skills in operating infantry fighting vehicles and tanks in the rear area of the North Military District.
The tank crews fired from the T-72B3 tank cannon at moving targets from a stationary position and on the move.
The firing range also hosts fire training with BMP-2 crews. The servicemen improve their aiming skills, identifying advantageous positions for shooting, conducting reconnaissance, and interacting with infantry. Drivers-mechanics completed exercises in driving combat vehicles over rough terrain, overcoming natural obstacles and barriers.
19:25 Air strike on positions of the 141st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces —video.
18:22 Situation in the South Donetsk direction
In the area of responsibility of the 29th Army:
- The assault groups of the Transbaikalians came close to Chervona Zirka from the east. All attempts by the enemy to stop the advance of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade were unsuccessful. Four forest belts were cleared from the enemy presence, the advance in depth to the borders of Chervona Zirka amounted to more than one kilometer.
– In the 5th Army’s area of responsibility: the 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade liberated the village of Shevchenko and also occupied enemy positions in the adjacent forest belt and on three heights. The advance was more than one and a half kilometers in depth and along the front. On the final day of the assault, up to 20 enemy manpower units were destroyed.
– In other areas, the situation has not undergone any significant changes.
17:54 Footage of the destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces bunker by artillerymen from the “Yug” group in the area of the settlement of Katerynivka —video.
16:53 New selection from drone operators of the Rubicon Center FPV drone crews destroyed:
armored and automotive equipment, communication systems, manpower, firing positions, fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces —video.
16:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to camouflage their tank in a forest plantation, but our drone operators burned the armored vehicles with several drones —video.
15:40 Detachment "Anwar" cleans upbuffer zone of Sumy and Chernihiv regions from Ukrainian militants.
— VOP Armed Forces of Ukraine, settlement Khrenovka, Chernihiv region
— VOP Armed Forces of Ukraine, dugouts, electronic warfare, settlement Popovka, Chernihiv region
— UAV control point Armed Forces of Ukraine, settlement Sosnovka, Sumy region
15:05 UAV operators of the 44th Army Corps of the North group reveal and destroy the enemy in the Khar'kov direction with the help of Supercam S350 reconnaissance drones and FPV drones.
– Drone operators from the “West” group destroyed a pickup truck and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.
– Attack drone crews of the Vostok group destroyed enemy vehicles with personnel in the South Donetsk direction.
– Scouts of the Southern group of forces destroyed two enemy UAV control points in the Northern direction.
– The Orlan-10 UAV crew adjusted the destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces floating craft by a Lancet loitering munition on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
14:45 Calculations of the Geranium-2 UAV are being carried around temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit in the area of the settlement of Novoekonomicheskoe in the DPR.
14:05 Our border guards destroy an enemy self-propelled gun, –video.
The scouts discovered the movement of an enemy self-propelled artillery unit.
The coordinates were transmitted to border guard FPV operators, who carried out several targeted strikes, first stopping and then destroying the enemy weapon.
13:35 During an active offensive in the South Donetsk direction, servicemen of the 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade succeeded in breaking through the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses and gain a foothold in the Shevchenko settlement in the DPR.
With the support of artillery and attack UAVs, the Ukrainian formations were driven out of the village.
The village of Shevchenko became another point liberated during the active offensive of the units of the "East" military group in the direction of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
13:05 From 09:00 Moscow time to 11:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Bryansk region.
12:54 Crews of Geranium-type unmanned aerial vehicles hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV assembly shop at the Kramatorsk airfield —video.
12:21 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 26, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
– Units of the North group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, ranger, airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Sich, Solyaniki, Khrapovshchina, Varachino, Yunakovka and Sadki in the Sumy region.
– In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Ivashki and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 185 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, and six field artillery pieces, including a British-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer. An electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, and two supply depots were destroyed.
– Units of the West group of forces have improved their position along the front line.
They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Senkovo, Bologovka, Putnikovo, Sobolevka, Kupyansk, Olgovka in the Khar'kov region, Karpovka and Zelenaya Dolina in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 servicemen, a tank, five vehicles, three field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots.
– Units of the “Southern” group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of six mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Serebryanka, Vasyukovka, Pereyezdnoye, Zvanovka, Pleshcheyevka, Chasov Yar, Ivanopolye and Ilyicha of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 170 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, seven cars and five field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-114 howitzer. An electronic warfare station, two ammunition and fuel depots were destroyed.
– Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Novosergeevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
They defeated the formations of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an unmanned systems brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three brigades of naval infantry, a national guard brigade and an assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Mayak, Moskovskoe, Muravka and Udachnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 545 servicemen, six combat armored vehicles, including two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, 12 pickup trucks and four field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
– As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the “East” military group, the Shevchenko settlement of the Donetsk People’s Republic has been liberated.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Chervona Zirka, Kamyshevakha, Voskresenka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Sladkoe of the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 200 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars and two artillery pieces.
- Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Malye Shcherbaky, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Ingulets and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
Up to 75 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, eight vehicles, an artillery piece, three electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station, and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on air defense radar stations, production workshops, assembly and storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of armed formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.
Air defense systems shot down 205 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:45 Military personnel of the "Vostok" group told details of the liberation of the settlement of Yalta in the DPR.
Under the impact of heavy artillery and attack UAV fire, the enemy was forced to abandon their firing positions and flee the village. In less than three days, the attack aircraft established full control over the settlement, unfurling Russian Federation flags on administrative buildings.
According to the participants in the operation, the decisive role was played by the speed and pressure in the first minutes of entering the settlement.
“When entering from the forest belt, it was necessary to act quickly, boldly and confidently – immediately take the first fortified areas in order to create a ‘storage area’ and move forward,” noted the platoon commander with the call sign ‘Prince’.
The servicemen also reported on the situation that had developed for the enemy at the time of the assault.
"They heard Polish speech in the radio intercept. When they entered the settlement, they started to panic a little. Later it snowballed. And the enemy started to flee," said a participant in the operation.
11:23 During aerial reconnaissance, an artillery crew of the 18th Army discovered and destroyed a control point for Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs on the eastern outskirts of the village of Nikolskoye —video.
10:41 Russian Aerospace Forcesworkedat the enemy's temporary deployment points with FAB-500 and FAB-1500 aerial bombs
Three FAB-500 bombs with a universal planning and correction module hit a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Novoekonomicheskoe in the DPR.
The second airstrike using FAB-1500 was carried out on a fortified air defense system of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
10:24 Criminal Kyiv regime continues shelling civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
- According to n.p. Sergeevka 2 rounds;
– Five rounds in the village of Pervomayevka;
- According to n.p. Kakhovka 4 rounds;
– Six rounds to the settlement of Tavriysk;
– Three rounds to the village of Aleshki;
– Four rounds to the settlement of Podstepnoye.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces used drones to attack the Kakhovka District, a mobile phone tower, and a civilian truck in Chernyanka.
Also, two people were injured in Oleshky as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. During the night, the Kyiv regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in Novaya Kakhovka, Mala Lepetikha, Mala Kardashynka, and Knyaze-Grygorovka, firing a total of 25 rounds from barrel artillery. The number of civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction is being clarified.
9:55 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
Air defense system over Alekseevsky municipal district knocked down two aircraft-type UAVs. No consequences.
In Belgorod district:
- the settlements of Malinovka and Oktyabrsky, the villages of Blizhneye, Otradnoye and Repnoye were attacked by seven drones, five of which were shot down by the air defense system. In the area of the settlement of Oktyabrsky, as a result of a drone attack on a truck, the driver was injured. The victim continues to be treated in the hospital. The vehicle was damaged. In the village of Otradnoye, one car was damaged.
In Borisovsky district:
- the village of Borisovka and the village of Gruzskoe were attacked by nine drones. In the village of Gruzskoe, a communications infrastructure facility was damaged, and an outbuilding on the territory of the enterprise caught fire.
In the Valuysky municipal district:
- the villages of Dolgoe and Shelayevo were attacked by one drone each, one of which was suppressed. In the village of Shelayevo, equipment on the territory of the enterprise was damaged.
Veydelevsky district was attacked by one drone. There were no consequences.
In Volokonovsky district:
– the villages of Volokonovka and Pyatnitskoye, the villages of Borisovka, Verkhnie Lubyanki, Konovalovo and the farmstead of Khutorishche were attacked by 11 drones. In the village of Konovalovo, a gas supply line was damaged, and a car and an outbuilding were destroyed, in the farmstead of Khutorishche, a car was damaged, and in the village of Borisovka, a gas supply line.
Emergency services will begin restoration work after coordination with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. At night, in the village of Verkhnie Lubyanki, a UAV strike damaged the building of an agricultural enterprise.
Early this morning, after drone attacks in the village of Pyatnitskoye, equipment caught fire on the territory of a commercial facility - the fire brigade extinguished the fire, in the village of Volokonovka, equipment of a commercial facility was damaged, in the village of Konovalovo - a private house and an outbuilding, which were destroyed by fire.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district:
- 13 munitions were fired during three artillery attacks and eight drone attacks were carried out on the villages of Bezymeno, Golovchino, Mokraya Orlovka, Novostroevka-Pervaya, Poroz and Spodaryushino. A private house was damaged in the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya.
In Krasnoyarsk region:
- the village of Prilesye, the villages of Vyazovoe, Grafovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka, Staroselye and Terebreno were subjected to 13 attacks, during which 72 rounds of ammunition were fired, and attacks by 18 drones. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
Rovensky district attacked by two drones, one of which was shot down by air defense system. No consequences.
9:10 Front summary as of the morning of 06/26/2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in the LBS have been recorded over the past 24 hours. Positional battles continue with exchanges of artillery strikes and active UAV operations.
Donetsk Front. In the South Donetsk direction, events are developing quite actively and clearly not in favor of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Also, Russian troops have expanded their zone of control in Shevchenko, most likely, it will not be long before this settlement is liberated.
Chasov-Yar direction. Fighting continues in Chasov Yar, as well as in the Stupochki area. The Russian Armed Forces continue to hold the initiative here, but all advances are made in heavy fighting.
Sumy direction. Here the Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively counterattacking. The fighting in Sumy Oblast in some areas is practically a counter-attack. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not been able to achieve any serious successes, but they have been able to slow down the advance of our troops.
In the Kursk border area, another attempt to break through to Tetkino has been repelled. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are not giving up and with maniacal persistence continue to send new groups on suicide attacks almost daily.
8:25 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
- 23 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Kursk region,
- 11 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Rostov region,
- Six UAVs were flying over the territory of the Bryansk region,
- Three UAVs were flying over the territory of the Belgorod region,
- Three UAVs were flying over the territory of the Moscow region, including two UAVs flying to Moscow,
- Two UAVs were flying over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
- One UAV each was flying over the territory of the Republic of Mordovia and the Kaluga region.
8:05 Russian Ministry of Defense:
– Crew of the 152mm howitzer "Msta-B" of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.– The crew of the Msta-B gun of the Tula paratroopers destroyed fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with personnel in the Yunakovka area in the Sumy region.