War - Field Reports - 2025-02-24

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

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19643))

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.

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

Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19642))

▫️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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💥 Meeting with Rubikon Centre’s drones is nightmare for enemy

FPV drones of the Rubikon Centre destroy motor and armoured vehicles as well as military personnel of the AFU, disrupting the supply and transfer of enemy soldiers along the roads in Sumy region.

To work at night successfully, UAVs are equipped with special optical devices.

#Rubikon

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🎖🎖 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.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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The Vostok Group of Forces' servicemen of the 39th Motorised Rifle Brigade evacuated about a dozen civilians from Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).

The rescue operation lasted more than 24 hours. Servicemen transported people to a temporary accommodation area, where Russian troops provided civilians with clean clothes, hot meals, and let them to take a rest.

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🗓 Top News Today

▫️President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19636) and Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19637) congratulated servicemen and veterans on Defender of the Fatherland Day.

▫️Vladimir Putin presented (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19645) the Hero of the Russian Federation medals to participants of the special military operation.

▫️Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov thanked (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19644) the command and military personnel of the 39th Guards Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade and the 1472nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment for successfully carrying out combat missions during the liberation of Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️Members of Russian Defence Ministry Board laid wreaths (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19658) at Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Moscow Kremlin Wall.

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation liberated Ulakly (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19640) and Novoandreyevka (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19641) (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19648) the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk 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.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows Pantsir-S SAM systems (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19665) in action.

▫️For self-sacrifice and heroism, servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19664) the Vostok Group of Forces, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19638) and the Sever Group of Fosres (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19666) were presented with state awards.

#TopNews

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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 Gunfire and explosions: powerful attack on Kiev and other regions

Ukraine is being attacked by more than 200 Geranium-type attack drones.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦The 34th Brigade completes the defeat of the enemy in Kurskaya Maryevka! The village will be liberated in the morning !

▪️Right now, the stormtroopers of the 34th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade are completing the cleanup of a farmstead in the Sudzhansky District, which was turned into a powerful fortified area by the occupiers.

▪️The footage shows the "Solntsepyok" Guards "North" destroying a stronghold of the occupiers with a platoon of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

▪️Reconnaissance, adjustment and electronic warfare are carried out by fighters of the 34th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦The 34th brigade liberated Kursk Maryevka!

▪️Assault units of the 34th Guards Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade completed the clearing of the Maryevka farmstead in the Sudzhansky District of the Kursk Region, destroying a powerful fortified area of ​​the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦The Russian army has begun to defeat the enemy in the powerful fortress of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Belogorovka!

▪️Ukrainian military analysts even claim that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already been practically driven out of the village on the border of the LPR and DPR, and publish a map.

➖" The Ukrainian Armed Forces held the defense in the ruins of Belogorovka, including the Melovoy Quarry, for more than two years ," the enemy's resources write.

▪️Russian sources report that a powerful defensive hub has been stormed with a bunker in Belogorovka, which provided control over the quarry and adjacent forest plantations, and also allowed for a maneuverable defense with counterattacks.

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 The Russian army broke into Topoli and occupied most of the village in the Kharkov region

▪️In the border area in the Kupyansk-Kharkiv direction, Russian troops advanced on the northern bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskol River, drove out the Ukrainian Armed Forces and occupied buildings in the central part of the settlement of Topoli.

▪️Ukrainian military analysts admit that the Russian Armed Forces control the "overwhelming part" of the village"

➖"Veliko-Burlukskoe direction, Topoli. Russian troops were able to expand their second bridgehead in the Kharkiv region and enter the settlement of Topoli

Most of the village is already under Russian control,” the enemy’s resources complain.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Offensive on the Zaporizhzhya Front: Reconnaissance Destroys BK Equipment, Supporting the Assault on Pyatikhatki

▪️ Russian troops, having gone on the offensive on the Zaporizhzhya Front, broke into Pyatikhatki and occupied a significant part of the village .

▪️Assault units advance with the support of attack drones, which destroy enemy military equipment and positions.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Absolute record for UAVs: 267 drones launched at targets in Ukraine — Ukrainian Air Force

▪️ In 13 regions, 138 UAVs were allegedly shot down . Another 119 were lost to location .

▪️The strikes affected Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Poltava and Zaporizhia regions.

▪️There was also a launch of three Iskanders from Crimea, but NATO air defense systems were unable to shoot down any of them.

▪️The Russian army is exhausting Ukraine’s air defense with its drones, the enemy complains.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇸 Night genocide of the occupiers : " Rubicon" massively burns NATO equipment and infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, preventing the invasion from Sumy to Kursk region

▪️Fighters of the Rubicon special center destroy cars, armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, disrupting the supply and transportation of enemy soldiers along the roads in the Sumy region.

▪️For work at night, the “birds” are equipped with special optical devices.

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‼️🇷🇺 Russian Army Liberated Novoandreevka and Ulakly

▪️The Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of two settlements in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions.

▪️Units of the Center group of forces liberated Novoandreyevka in the Pokrovsky direction in the DPR.

▪️As a result of decisive offensive actions, units of the "Southern" group of troops liberated the village of Ulakly near Kurakhovo.

▪️Defense Minister A. Belousov thanked the command and personnel of the 39th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Red Banner Brigade and the 1472nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment for the successful completion of combat missions during the liberation of Ulakly.

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‼️🇷🇺🏴‍☠️ Racing with death: a trip and repelling a kamikaze attack by "🅾️brave" attack aircraft on the front near Pokrovsk

This is how fighters repel attacks by enemy FPV kamikaze drones every day.

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