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🎮 The Tsentr Group's FPV drone teams (special operations formation) have eliminated hundreds of AFU armoured vehicles, including Leopard tanks. The footage confirms the mastery of operators working in conditions of heavy electronic warfare.
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💬 The airborne battalion (Novorossiysk) commander with the call sign 'Gvozd' shared the details of liberating Pyatikhatki:
'The enemy entrenched directly in the houses, making the ways under the houses. In case of our offensive,
they dispersed. They ran straight to the firing positions from under the house, along these passages.'
🎮 In Aleksandro-Kalinovo direction, FPV drone operators destroyed a camouflaged tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a dugout with personnel.
The servicemen of the 150th Guards Motorised Rifle Division and the 200th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade performed the task.
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▫️In violation of the Russian-American agreements to cease strikes at energy facilities for 30 days from 18 March 2025, the Kiev regime continues its daily unilateral attacks against the Russian energy infrastructure. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have attacked Russian energy facilities twice.
▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Yelizavetovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region. In the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armoured fighting vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, three mortars, and a BM-21 Grad MLRS.
▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows footage of Pantsir-S AAMG system, Msta-B guns, and a Merlin UAV.
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⚡️ The tactical medicine training was led by instructors the Archangel Tactical Training Centre and All-Russia People's Front representatives. It was organised for servicemen of a motorised rifle unit in the rear area of the special military operation zone.
The servicemen practised to render first aid, apply a tourniquet in various conditionsas well as transport the wounded.
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Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted:
▫️ to more than 74,010 troops,
▫️ 406 tanks,
▫️ 333 infantry fighting vehicles,
▫️ 302 armoured personnel carriers,
▫️ 2,265 armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 2,690 motor vehicles,
▫️ 606 artillery guns,
▫️ 54 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA,
▫️ 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles,
▫️ 123 EW stations,
▫️ 18 counter-fire radars, ten air defence radars,
▫️ 57 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 13 April 2025
Part 2 (👉 See Part 1)
↗️ Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Russian forces hit manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, and three territorial defence brigades close to Bogatyr, Novopol, Aleksandropol, Karl Marks, Burlatskoye, Shevchenko, Otradnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Filiya (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, and two field artillery guns, including one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
📍The Dnepr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units engaged three mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and two coastal defence brigades of the AFU near Novodanilovka, Pavlovka, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Sadovoye, Nikolskoye, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
▪️Up to 70 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and two ammunition depots have been neutralised.
✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of the military airfield, the location of the ammunition and armament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a training center for pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles, the location of tactical missiles as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian armed forces and mercenaries in 141 area.
🎯 Russian air defence units have shot down an F-16 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight JDAM guided bombs, seven U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 207 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the AFU lost:
▫️ 661 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 51,335 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 601 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 22,817 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,535 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 23,556 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 34,048 units of support military vehicles.
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⚡️ The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Yelizavetovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
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💥 Dnepr Group of Forces' 152-mm Msta-B guns destroy AFU UAV command post in Kherson region
Tube and rocket artillery of the 18th Combined Arms Army continues engaging manpower and materiel of the enemy on the right bank of the Dnepr River.
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🎯 Air surveillance units of the Sever Group of Forces spotted camouflaged materiel and manpower of the AFU in Kursk border area.
💥 An Inokhodets UAV team neutralised the target by a precision strike.
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🔫 Fagot ATGM system crews of the Dnepr Group of Forces improve their skills at training grounds in Zaporozhye region.
The goal of the training is to maintain high combat readiness, be able to adapt to difficult and dynamic combat conditions, and increase the effectiveness of strikes against armoured targets.
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🎖 The Tsentr Group of Forces' servicemen of the 90th Guard Tank Division were awarded state awards as well as letters of appreciation and memorable gifts from the Group's command.
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💥 The Zapad Group of Forces' 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery system crew of the 1st Guards Tank Army destroyed an AFU stronghold.
📍 Svatovo-Kupyansk direction
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (12 April 2025)
👮♂️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
💥 Units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, three air assault brigades, one marine brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Gornal and Oleshnya.
✈️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Belovody, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Shalygino, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.
▪️ Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses were over 175 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, one 155-mm M777 howitzer, and three mortars.
📊 Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to:
▫️ more than 73,820 troops,
▫️ 405 tanks,
▫️ 332 infantry fighting vehicles,
▫️ 302 armoured personnel carriers,
▫️ 2,264 armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 2,678 motor vehicles,
▫️ 602 artillery guns,
▫️ 53 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA,
▫️ 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles,
▫️ 123 EW stations,
▫️ 18 counter-fire radars, ten air defence radars,
▫️ 57 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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🔌 The Zapad Group of Forces mastered the use of a new device to analyse sound waves from shots at a distance of more than 15 km.
The system helps to locate the enemy artillery coordinates and initiate counter-battery fighting.
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🇷🇺🇪🇬 Friendship Bridge 2025 bilateral naval exercise was held in the Mediterranean Sea from 6 to 10 April. The manoeuvres involved the Navy of the Russian Federation and the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
🪖 During the coastal phase, Russian seamen and servicemen of the Northern Fleet's Separate Guards Marine Brigade, who members of boarding teams, together with a similar unit of the Egyptian side, conducted small-arms exercises at one of the military training grounds, as well as practised actions of boarding teams on surface ships.
⚓️ In the course of the maritime phase in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the seamen practised elements of defending ships from maritime high-speed means and underwent air defence training. They also repelled mock air attacks simulated by the F-16 aircraft of the Egyptian Air Force.
🎯 When inspecting a ship of interest, Russian and Egyptian naval personnel practised the joint actions of the boarding teams. Artillery live-fire was produced from the ships at a maritime target. The drills involved search-and-rescue operations at sea, communication training, and joint manoeuvring.
🚁 In several episodes of the exercise, a Ka-27 helicopter of the Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Golovko was engaged to touch down on the deck of the Egyptian Navy's frigate Al-Galala.
🤝 The servicemen of both countries showed high professionalism, cohesiveness, and high readiness to carry out joint missions.
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🏍 Members of the 10th tank regiment train in riding motorcycles in rear area of special military operation zone
Motorcyclists practise evacuation of the wounded and delivery of supplies, as well as quick personnel rotation.
Due to the high speed and compact location of the motorcycle's wheels, the driver feels confident and less vulnerable to the enemy's attacks.
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🎮 Units of an airborne formation from Ivanovo have neutralised over 20 UAVs of the AFU near Chasov Yar during the week.
Watch paratroopers operating 📹
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🎮 A Merlin UAV team of the 25th Combined Arms Army (Zapad Group of Forces) detected camouflaged materiel and UAV command posts of the AFU.
💥 Servicemen destroyed the target after receiving the position data.
The Merlin drone is capable of conducting air surveillance within 10 hours at an altitude of up to 5 km, detecting targets at any time and in all weather conditions.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (13 April 2025)
👮♂️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
💥The Sever Group of Forces engaged units of two mechanised brigades, a tank brigade, two air assault brigades, a marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gornal and Oleshnya.
✈️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Belovody, Gnilitsa, Loknya, Malaya Rybitsa, Marino, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Zapselye, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.
▪️In the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armoured fighting vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, three mortars, and a BM-21 Grad MLRS.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 13 April 2025
👮♂️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 The Sever Group of Forces in Belgorod direction engaged units of two mechanised brigades, a coastal defence brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and four territorial defence brigades close to Turya, Miropolskoye, Novodmitrovka, Prokhody, and Petrushevka (Sumy region).
📍In Kharkov direction, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade close to Karasevka and Shuby (Kharkov region).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armoured personnel carrier, a motor vehicle, three field artillery guns, a UK-made 128-mm RAK-SA-12 multiple rocket launcher, a counter-fire station, and an electronic warfare station. Three enemy ammunition depots were destroyed.
📍Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units hit five mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a jaeger brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Kupyansk, Radkovka, Petropavlovka, Borovaya, Novaya Kruglyakovka, Novoyegorovka (Kharkov region), Redkodub, Yampol, Kirovsk (Donetsk People's Republic), and the Serebryansky forestry.
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 260 troops, seven pickup trucks, and seven artillery guns. Three Zakhist and Kvertus electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were eliminated.
📍The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation. Russian troops damaged manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, a regiment of unmanned aerial systems of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, a national guard brigade, and the Azov special forces brigade near Dronovka, Novaya Poltavka, Zarya, Kalinovo, Chasov Yar, Kleban-Byk, and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 295 troops, 17 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. One ammunition depot and one fuel depot were neutralised.
🚩 The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Yelizavetovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
💥 Russian troops engaged four mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a Jaeger brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicles brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade, and three national guard brigades close to Novoekonomicheskoye, Zverevo, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Alekseyevka, Novopavlovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Novosergeyevka, Mirolyubovka, and Preobrazhenka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 435 troops, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, seven pick-up trucks, and eight field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.
👉 See Part 2
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⚡️ In violation of the Russian-American agreements to cease strikes at energy facilities for 30 days from 18 March 2025, the Kiev regime continues its daily unilateral attacks against the Russian energy infrastructure.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have attacked Russian energy facilities twice.
In Belgorod region:
On 11 April, at 19:02, as a result of the deliberate AFU shelling on the Nechaevka power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo), wires were damaged and a 10kV high-voltage line was powered off.
More than 600 household consumers were left without power in the Shebekinsky District.
On 12 April, at 10:16, as a result of the AFU shelling on the Krasnaya Yaruga power facility (Rosseti Tsentr's branch-Belgorodenergo), and a breakage of overhead cables, household consumers were left without power in Stepnoye.
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🎯 Pantsir-S AAMG system covers sky in special military operation zone
💬 A crew leader with the call sign 'Leshch' tells about actions:
'The enemy has various tactics and shells but we intercept all the targets. Hostile UAVs survey our area of responsibility but in vain. The AAMG system repositions all the time. It's impossible to guess its position.'
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▫️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the aviation enterprise of the Ukrainian military industry, the infrastructure of a military airfield and an air harbour of the AFU, workshops for repair of armoured vehicles and assembly of unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition and missile depots as well as temporary deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▫️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region. Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses were over 175 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, one 155-mm M777 howitzer, and three mortars.
▫️ In violation of the Russian-American agreements to cease the strikes at energy facilities, the Kiev regime continues its daily unilateral attacks against the Russian energy infrastructure. Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have attacked Russian energy facilities five times.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows the footage of D-30 howitzers, a Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery system, Fagot ATGMs, UAV operators, signal troops, and fuel service specialists.
▫️ The Tsentr Group of Forces’ servicemen of the 90th Guards Tank Division were presented with state awards as well as letters of appreciation and memorable gifts from the Group's command.
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💥 The Yug Group of Forces' FPV drones destroyed an enemy Croation-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher.
Moreover, drone operators hit a UAV command post of the AFU, which was camouflaged in a private building in Verolyubovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
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⛽️ The Sever Group of Forces' mobile laboratory of the fuel service inspects the quality of the diesel fuel obtained from a fuel supply vehicle.
Fuel service specialists deployed a wide range of mobile filling stations, storage and refuelling bases of all types of fuels to support combat units.
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📱 Servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces organise reliable communications with forward units in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
🔌 Acting as part of operational groups, signal units move to liberated areas to organise data communications channels.
🤝 Organising line and coded radio communications, repairing cables, and maintaining communication equipment are only a small part of tasks carried out by communication specialists.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 12 April 2025
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
↗️ Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade near Bogatyr, Poddubnoye, Otradnoye, Shevchenko, Volnoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic), Volchye, and Filiya (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▪️ The AFU losses were more than 155 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer. One POL depot was destroyed.
📍 The Dnepr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit formations of one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
▪️ The AFU losses were up to 60 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, two ammunition depots, and one materiel depot.
✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the aviation enterprise of the Ukrainian military industry, the infrastructure of a military airfield and an air harbour of the AFU, workshops for repair of armoured vehicles and assembly of unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition and missile depots as well as temporary deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 153 areas.
🎯 Air defence systems shot down six JDAM guided bombs, five HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 154 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the AFU lost:
▫️ 660 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 51,128 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 601 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 22,811 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,534 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 23,518 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 34,010 units of support military vehicles.
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