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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 12 April 2025
👮♂️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces engaged formations of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defence brigades close to Malaya Rybitsa, Mikhailovskoye, Miropolskoye, Krasnopolye, and Ugroyedy (Sumy region).
📍 In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU close to Kazachya Lopan and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
▪️ The AFU losses were up to 75 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns.
📍 The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops hit formations of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade Kupyansk, Radkovka, Novaya Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Novoye, Yampol, Kirovsk (Donetsk People's Republic), and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses were more than 250 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, and three artillery guns. Three electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
📍 The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation. Russian troops launched attacks on two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one artillery brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, one National Guard brigade, and the Azov special forces brigade near Nikiforovka, Tarasovka, Slavyansk, Chasov Yar, Belaya Gora, Verkhnekamenskoye, Konstantinovka, and Shcherbinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses were more than 310 troops, eight armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 18 motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns. One electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were neutralised.
📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of three mechanised brigades, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment, one marine brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Zverevo, Kotlino, Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlyarovka, Bogdanovka, Udachnoye, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses were up to 440 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five pickup trucks, and five field artillery guns, including U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin and French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery systems.
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💥 D-30 howitzers of the Tula-based Guards Airborne Formation carry out firing missions to destroy armoured vehicles, firepower, and fortified positions of the AFU supporting assault detachments in the border area of Kursk region.
🎯 Reconnaissance of the 'winged infantry' detected a cluster of enemy manpower in half-ruined buildings of one of the settlements. Artillerymen in a matter of minutes deployed the gun and destroyed the target.
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▫️Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development strategy for the Navy until 2050.
▫️Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held a meeting at the command post of the Zapad Group of Forces. There he was briefed by the Group’s command on the current situation, the support for troops in the zone of the special military operation, and nature of hostile actions.
▫️ From 5 to 11 April 2025, the Russian Armed Forces have carried out eight group strikes by air- and sea-based high-precision aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles to hit Ukrainian military airfields infrastructure, defence industry enterprises, assembly workshops and storage areas of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region. The AFU losses amounted to more than 235 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and an engineer vehicle during the day.
▫️ 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. In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have attacked Russian energy facilities 5 times.
▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows footage of Giatsint-B guns, D-30 howitzers, Malka self-propelled artillery systems, a Strela-10M SAM system, combat engineers, and UAV pilots.
▫️The Russian and Tajikistan armed forces completed the joint exercise at Harbmaidon training ground.
▫️In Ussuriysk, the 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade was awarded with the Order of Suvorov.
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🎮 Drone pilots hit accurately materiel, dugouts, and mortars of the enemy in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Every day, the enemy looses materiel and manpower due to high professionalism of the Russian UAV pilots.
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🏳️ Captured Ukrainian serviceman: 'The regiment commander is a monster. People are nothing for him'
POW Ruslan Gorbenko was mobilised by force and sent to the Skala battalion. According to him, the commander of the regiment doesn't care about his own people. Even women are sent to assault. And if someone refuses to eliminate people, the command threatens to kill him.
'There are women who came from detention facilities in the Skala battalion. I saw dead women in Shevchenko. They sent women to assault the village. In the Skala battalion, it was said that if I didn't kill, they would eliminate me,' recalls the POW.
🇷🇺🇹🇯 Russian and Tajikistan armed forces complete joint exercise at Harbmaidon training ground
🪖During the exercise, the military contingents of the two countries trained in fighting against terrorist groups, and in performing missions in mountainous terrain. The main stage of the exercise included a joint operation to neutralise mock illegal armed formations, as well as perform command and control when protecting the state border and destroying those mock enemy groups which managed to break through.
💥 According to the scenario, the groups of mock illegal armed formations crossed the state border and attacked a border security service detachment which is subordinate to the State Committee for National Security. Border covering forces began to repel an attack of the outnumbering enemy.
📍 The operation resulted in the restoration of control over the state border by the border guard units the Republic of Tajikistan. The internal troops, the EMERCOM, and the medical service were deployed in the area to restore law and order as well as provide aid in the affected settlements.
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💥 A crew of a 203-mm 2S7M Malka self-propelled artillery system (Tsentr Group of Forces) smashed an AFU stronghold in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
The Russian units managed to get closer to Krasnoarmeysk due to elimination of the stronghold.
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🎯 On a daily basis, Strela-10M SAM systems of the Vostok Group of Forces cover motorised rifle units from the air threats of the AFU.
The Strela-10M SAM is effective both stationary and on move. Thus, it can cover forward lines, facilities in the rear, and the civil infrastructure.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (11 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 inflicted fire damage on a mechanised brigade, a tank brigade, three air assault brigades, and two territorial defence brigades 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, Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, Maryino, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 235 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and an engineer vehicle during the day.
📊 Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to:
▫️ more than 73,645 troops,
▫️ 405 tanks,
▫️ 331 infantry fighting vehicles,
▫️ 301 armoured personnel carriers,
▫️ 2,264 armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 2,671 motor vehicles,
▫️ 601 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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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 5–11 April 2025
💥 From 5 to 11 April 2025, the Russian Armed Forces have carried out eight group strikes by air- and sea-based high-precision aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles to hit Ukrainian military airfields infrastructure, defence industry enterprises, assembly workshops and storage areas of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
🔥Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
🚩 The Sever Group of Forces liberated Guyevo (Kurskoye region), Basovka, and Zhuravka in Sumy region.
✈️ Aircraft, drones, and artillery hit manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, three air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defence brigade.
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📍In Kharkov and Belgorod directions, units of three mechanised brigades, two motorised infantry brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades were hit.
▪️During the week, in the Sever Group of Forces area of responsibility, the enemy lost over 2,345 troops, four tanks, 41 armoured fighting vehicles, and 79 motor vehicles. Twenty field artillery guns and five ammunition depots have been neutralised.
🚩 The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
💥 Russian units hit materiel and manpower of two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and a border guard detachment.
▪️The enemy lost more than 1,585 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles including two M113 armoured personnel carriers and three MaxxPro armoured vehicles produced in the USA, and a Polish-made Dzik armoured vehicle. Twenty-one motor vehicles, 28 field artillery guns including ten Western-made artillery pieces, four electronic and counter-fire stations, and nine field ammunition depots were eliminated.
📍The Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops hit formations of five mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades.
▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 2,085 troops, five tanks, and 19 armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier during the week. One hundred and four motor vehicles, 19 field artillery guns, six electronic warfare stations, and seven field ammunition depots were eliminated.
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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.
In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have attacked Russian energy facilities 5 times.
▫️In Bryansk region:
On 11 April, at 05:09, as a result of the AFU shelling on the Khvoshchevskaya power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), and a breakage of overhead cables, a high-voltage line was powered off. Some household consumers were left without electricity in Sevsky District.
▫️In Kursk region:
On 10 April, at 09:00, as a result of a deliberate AFU shelling on the Mokrushino power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Kurskenergo), and a destruction of a complete transformer substation, a high-voltage 10kV line was powered off. Household consumers were cut off electricity in Belovksky District.
▫️In the Lugansk People's Republic:
On 10 April, at 11:43, as a result of a deliberate attack by the AFU, a building of the Troitskoye part which is an element of the Svatovo electric network district was damaged. Moreover, a depot of the state unitary enterprise (Republican Network Company) was ruined in Troitskoye of the LPR. A chief engineer of the enterprise got a fragmentation wound.
On 10 April, at 15:02, a Ukrainian drone attacked the Rubezhnaya 110kV power substation of the RSK state unitary enterprise in the LPR. As a result of the attack, a transformer was rendered inoperable.
▫️In Zaporozhye region:
On 10 April, at 23:55, a Ukrainian drone attacked the Pologi 35kV power substation of the Tavriya-Energo state unitary enterprise. As a result of the attack, a transformer was damaged. About 7,250 people were left without power energy in six settlements.
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🤝 In Ussuriysk, 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade awarded with Order of Suvorov
Acting Commander of the Airborne Troops Major General Sergei Chubarykin attached the Suvorov's Order to the St.George banner of the formation.
🫡 Since the very beginning of the special military operation, servicemembers of the formation have been fighting in the most difficult directions. Over 1,200 servicemen of the Brigade have been presented with state awards for courage, heroism, and braver they had demonstrated during the struggle against the Ukrainian nationalism.
Today, the troops of the air assault brigade continue to successfully perform their missions.
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🪖 Specialists of a separate combat engineer battalion assigned to the 20th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Yug Group of Forces) demine terrain after actions.
📍 Kurakhovo direction
The servicemen faced 14 types of different explosives during the operation. The servicemen assess the options to extract those items for further neutralisation.
💬 A commander of the combat engineer platoon with the call sign 'Ufa' tells about the operations.
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🗓 Top News Today
▫️ In violation of the Russian-American agreements to cease strikes at energy facilities for 30 days from 18 March this year, the Kiev regime continues its daily unilateral attacks against the Russian energy infrastructure. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have attacked Russian energy facilities 11 times.
▫️ As a result of offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Zhuravka in Sumy region.
▫️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the military airfield infrastructure, missile artillery, ammunition, and military hardware depots as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries.
▫️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region. The AFU losses were more than 420 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, four artillery guns, four mortars, and two UAV command posts.
▫️ A missile strike was launched on an AFU concentration area and enemy UAV command posts in the border area of Kursk region.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows the footage of Uragan MLRSs, Msta-B howitzers, and UAV operators in action.
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🎮 The Molniya-2 fixed-wing UAV has a high flying range, which allows servicemen of the Sever Group of Forces to conduct reconnaissance and offensive operations effectively in deep rear areas of the enemy.
This drone team has hit a lot of targets, including manpower, military facilities, and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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⚡️In violation of the Russian-American agreements to cease strikes at energy facilities for 30 days from 18 March this year, the Kiev regime continues its daily unilateral attacks against the Russian energy infrastructure.
In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have attacked Russian energy facilities five times.
▫️ In Zaporozhye region:
On 11 April, at 02:00, a Ukrainian UAV attacked the Chubarevka 35kV power substation (Tavriya-Enegro state unitary enterprise). As a result of the attack, a transformer was damaged. Household consumers of five settlements (almost 1,650 people) were left without power.
▫️ In Krasnodar region:
On 12 April, at 02:40, an overhead wiring was damaged by an attack of a Ukrainian UAV near the Vasyurinskaya Severo-Kavkazskaya railway station, causing the stop of two passenger trains.
▫️ In Kursk region:
On 11 April, at 08:31, as a result of the deliberate AFU shelling on the Kondratovka power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Kurskenergo), wires were damaged, 10kV high-voltage line was powered off. The industrial demand of Belovksky District was left without electricity.
On 12 April, at 04:29, a fire attack of the AFU damaged overhead wires and disabled a 110kV high-voltage line of the Belaya-Rybinskiye Budy (Rosseti Centre's branch - Kurskenergo). About 19,400 domestic consumers of Oboyansky and Belovsky districts were left without electricity.
Moreover, on 10 April, at 18:43, 110kV high-voltage line of the Yuzhnaya-Lgov (Rosseti Centre's branch - Kurskenergo) was disabled due to a wire break. On 11 April, during an inspection in this area, fragments of a Ukrainian attack UAV were detected under the high-voltage line.
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🎮 FPV drone operators of the Vostok Group of Forces destroyed an AFU tank near Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic).
Follow #WeaponZ to learn more about of drone operators’ actions in the special military operation zone.
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💥 A 152-mm Giatsint-B gun crew of the 52nd Airborne Brigade annihilated a hostile UAV position in Kherson region.
In Kakhovka direction, the Russian paratroopers prevent all AFU attempts to cross the Dnepr River by neutralising the enemy on the right bank.
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💥 The Zapad Group of Forces' D-30 howitzer eliminated AFU camouflaged positions.
Every day, the artillery of the 25th Army (Zapad Group of Forces) hits accurately military facilities and materiel of the AFU thus supporting advance of Russian assault detachments.
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"The Navy has played and continues to play a crucial role in ensuring Russia's defence and security, as well as protecting its national interests at sea"
Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development strategy for the Navy until 2050.
In recent years, we have been implementing a large-scale Navy modernisation programme. From Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, Russia's shipyards are engaged in the serial production of both surface ships and new missile submarines, including the state-of-the-art Project Borei-A and Project Yasen-M vessels. Significant funds have been allocated for this.
Over the past five years, 49 ships of various classes have been built, and from 2020-2024 to date, four Project Borei-A strategic submarines and four Project Yasen-M general purpose submarines have been commissioned.
🎮 Drone pilots of Sever Group of Forces obliterate AFU pickup truck in Sumy region
Russian servicemen found a hostile pickup truck in a wood. An FPV drone team rapidly engaged the target.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 5–11 April 2025
👉 Part 2 (See Part 1)
📍The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, two infantry brigades, two airborne brigades, two jaeger brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade, a territorial defence brigade, a national guard brigade, and the Omega special forces detachment.
▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,005 troops, 34 armoured fighting vehicles, including five M113 armoured personnel carriers, four MaxxPro armoured vehicles, and three U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles. Thirty-eight motor vehicles, and 29 artillery guns have been neutralised.
📍Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Russian forces damaged formations of two mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an air assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, a marine brigade, and a territorial defence brigade.
▪️The enemy lost more than 1,060 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles, and 15 field artillery guns including six Western-made pieces.
📍The Dnepr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on the manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade.
▪️The AFU lost over 555 troops, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 41 motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. Fifteen electronic and counter-fire stations as well as nine ammunition depots have been eliminated.
🎯 Over the past week, air defence systems have shot down 27 JDAM guided bombs and 19 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, as well as 1,200 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the AFU lost:
▫️ 660 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 50,974 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 601 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 22,796 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,534 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 23,471 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 33,965 units of support military vehicles.
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⚡️ From 5 to 11 April 2025, the Russian Armed Forces have carried out eight group strikes by air- and sea-based high-precision aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles to hit Ukrainian military airfields infrastructure, defence industry enterprises, assembly workshops and storage areas of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
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⚡️ Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspects Zapad Group of Forces
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held a meeting at the command post of the Zapad Group of Forces. There he was briefed by the Group’s command on the current situation, the support for troops in the zone of the special military operation, and nature of hostile actions.
'Since the beginning of the year, in Izyum direction, the Russian Armed Forces have liberated 18 settlements, over 330 square kilometres. Four settlements are being in the process of liberation,' reported Commander of the Group of Forces Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev.
A crew of a Giatsint-B gun (Dnepr Group of Forces) destroyed a UAV command post of the AFU.
📍Kherson direction
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🚁 Fasten your seatbelts! We are taking off.
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🎯 A drone operator destroyed an AFU Baba Yaga hexacopter with a precise drop.
UAV teams identify enemy reconnaissance and attack drones both day- and nighttime.
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