War - Field Reports - 2025-03-01

Off the ground! Time to wake the enemy up.

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🎮 Drone pilots have strong start on Friday!

The Rubikon Centre's FPV drones continue to destroy AFU armoured and motor vehicles in Kursk border area.

#Rubikon

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💥 The Vostok Group's Grad MLRS crews support assault detachments and deal blows on the enemy in South Donetsk direction.

This time, artillerymen hit strongholds, firing points, and manpower clusters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Razliv.

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation (22–28 February 2025)

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19752))

From 22 to 28 February, nine group strikes were carried out by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the use of high-precision air-based weapons and attack drones to hit energy facilities that supported the Ukrainian defence industry, as well as military airfield infrastructure, and military fuel storage facilities.

In addition, the strikes engaged the production and storage facilities of attack drones, training facilities for drone operators and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed groups and foreign mercenaries.

▫️ During the week, the Sever Group of Forces continued to rout AFU units in Kursk region.

In the course of the offensive operations, Pogrebki, Orlovka, Nikolsky, and Novaya Sorochina have been liberated.

The Group hit manpower and military hardware of one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, seven mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, five air assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, and four territorial defence brigades.

In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades.

Over the past week, more than 1,960 troops, 11 tanks, 156 armoured fighting vehicles, and 157 motor vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces.

The enemy losses also included two MLRS combat vehicles, 40 field artillery guns, one Paladin self-propelled artillery system and one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, three anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight electronic warfare stations, and 12 ammunition depots.

▫️ As a result of active operations of the Zapad Group of Forces, the settlements of Novolyubovka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Topoli (Kharkov region) have been liberated.

The Zapad Group of Forces also inflicted damage on five mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade.

The enemy has lost more than 1,340 troops, one tank, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 33 motor vehicles, 34 field artillery guns, 16 of them manufactured by NATO countries, 13 electronic warfare stations, and 13 ammunition depots.

▫️ The Yug Group's units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).

The Group inflicted fire damage on six mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, units of the International Legion, and the Azov special forces brigade.

Over the past week, the AFU have lost more than 1,210 troops, two tanks, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 24 motor vehicles, 21 field artillery guns, seven ammunition depots, five electronic warfare and counter-battery stations.

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation (22–28 February 2025)

Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19751))

▫️ The Tsentr Group's units improved the tactical situation by decisive actions and completed liberation of Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The Group hit ten mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two National Guard brigades.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 2,340 troops, five tanks, three German-made Leopard tanks, and 32 armoured fighting vehicles, including five Western-made vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, and 25 field artillery guns.

▫️ The Vostok Group's units have taken more favourable lines and positions. They inflicted damage on formations of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and three territorial defence brigades.

The enemy has lost more than 1,180 troops, two tanks, including one German-made Leopard tank, 10 armoured fighting vehicles, and 21 motor vehicles. Twenty-two field artillery guns, including three 155-mm self-propelled artillery systems of NATO-made countries, as well as three ammunition depots, were neutralised.

▫️ The Dnepr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. They hit manpower and military hardware of four mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, five coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 650 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 44 motor vehicles, seven field artillery guns, seven ammunition depots, 11 electronic warfare and counter-battery stations.

▫️ Over the past week, Russian air defence systems have shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 13 French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 20 JDAM guided aerial bombs, nine HIMARS MLRS projectiles manufactured by the United States, and 42 Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles, as well as 702 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️ In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 44,834 unmanned aerial vehicles, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,932 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,523 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,149 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,305 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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💥 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Zapad Group of Forces wiped out a UAV command post, camouflaged guns, dugouts, and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special military operation zone.

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (28 February 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.

▫️ In the course of the offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Novaya Sorochina.

The Group inflicted fire damage on 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 Bondarevka, Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Pervy Knyazhy, Rubanshchina, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye. Four enemy counter-attacks were repelled.

▫️ Operational-tactical, Army Aviation, and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and hardware close to Viktorovka, Gornal, Dmitryukov, Zamostye, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kositsa, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Oleshnya, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Konopelka, Yuzhny, as well as Alekseyevka, Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Novenkoye, Sumy, Khoten, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

▫️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops over the past day. One armoured personnel carrier, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, four artillery guns, including one Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, as well as six mortars, two electronic warfare stations, one electronic reconnaissance radar station, seven UAV command posts, and three ammunition depots were neutralised. One AFU serviceman surrendered.

▫️ Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 64,075 troops, 382 tanks, 290 infantry fighting vehicles, 248 armoured personnel carriers, 2,084 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,251 motor vehicles, 495 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 25 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 118 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, nine air defence radars, 51 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.

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🔥 Thermobaric strike

In Kharkov region, reconnaissance units of the Sever Group of Forces detected clusters of AFU manpower in shelters.

The Group's TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system eliminated Ukrainian militants' positions.

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🏳️ Ukrainian serviceman Sergei Baranyuk: 'AFU mobilise everyone'

The prisoner of war said they were taking everyone into the AFU's ranks indiscriminately - there was a man with a malignant tumour in Baranyuk's unit, as well as soldiers with other diseases who could not carry out combat missions.

'There are about 100 graves of AFU soldiers in the cemetery of the town where I lived. About a hundred conscripts of military age are serving in various units of the Ukrainian army, and about 100 elderly people can be mobilised. It turns out that one in three has already died', Baranyuk added.

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🎮 The Atlant battalion's drones of the Tsentr Group of Forces eliminate AFU manpower and hardware in Krasnoarmeysk direction.

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💥 Smashed to bits

A reconnaissance unit of the Sever Group of Forces used a UAV to detect an enemy pickup truck hidden behind a building by AFU militants.

The detected target was promptly destroyed by an FPV drone team close to one of the settlements in Kursk border area.

#KurskBorderArea

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🎯 A sniper pair shot down two Ukrainian Baba Yaga hexacopters at night in Krasnoarmeysk direction. The masters of accurate firing serve in the 77th Separate Motorised Rifle Regiment of the Yug Group of Forces.

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🔥 Tanks of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr Group of Forces provide fire support to assault detachments. They destroy enemy positions, watercraft, UAV command posts, heavy artillery guns, and MLRS.

This time, a T-72B3M tank crew wiped out a temporary deployment area and military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson region.

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Stepove

🕰 Date: ~27.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 47.544502,35.468420

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian FABs and TOSs bomb Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Stepove.

🖥 id: 28022025.0942

✉️source: https://t.me/Zackintosh_26/3552

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🌐 Place: #Bahatyr

🕰 Date: ~27.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 47.989095,36.927440

👩‍🚀 Squad: #14Brigade

📝 Description: Russian FPV drone destroyed Leopard tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bahatyr.

🖥 id: 28022025.0858

✉️source: https://t.me/ChDambiev/34476

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🌐 Place: #Novopavlivka

🕰 Date: ~27.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 48.247708,37.209920

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Footage of a strike by a Russian Krasnopol missile on a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novopavlivka.

🖥 id: 28022025.0914

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🌐 Place: #Novoosynove

🕰 Date: ~28.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 49.622912,37.711333

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian missile strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV training and control center Novoosynove.

🖥 id: 28022025.1629

✉️source: https://t.me/bortzhyrnal/865

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Breaking into the AFU defenses on the flanks of Chasiv Yar and taking the ATO bunker - Rybar's analysis

Chasiv Yar direction today remains one of the most tense. Russian troops are fighting fierce battles in the urban area and are gradually pushing the enemy out of the city.

In the central section, the AFU prevented Russian units from passing through the Stupochki 2 tract for several months. They relied on a network of fortifications in the area of an underground bunker near the “Chasovoyarets” recreation area.

Nevertheless, in January-February, the Russian Armed Forces managed to open up the enemy's defenses and completely clear the site. Already soon Russian troops will be able to deploy an offensive towards the urban development, which will complicate the situation of the enemy garrison.

🔻 More about the situation in the Chasiv Yar direction:

▪️ As the year began, the RF Armed Forces launched an offensive to the north of Chasov Yar. Attack aircraft were advancing to the Severny and Tenth neighborhoods, destroying AFU defense nodes with the help of TM-62s, UAVs and with air support.

By January 21, the Russian forces had completely reached the outskirts of the Zapadny microdistrict, clearing the entire area north of the railroad tracks of the enemy.

▪️ In parallel, assault groups attacked the southern part of the city. Eventually, the Russian Armed Forces managed to break through to the Block-9 mine and the Stupochki 2 tract, cutting the AFU grouping.

Ukrainian unites conducted several counterattacks and managed to achieve partial success in the area of the tract.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces then launched an operation to physically destroy the enemy fortifications in this area. In the end, the bunker was seriously damaged, and the AFU units, left without a defense node, were pushed back from the tract.

📍 It should be understood that the battle for Chasiv Yar is not over yet. Russian troops will have to storm the western and southern parts of the city (as practice shows, this is not a quick matter).

Therefore, for the time being, plans for an offensive on Kostyantynivka will have to be postponed. Dzerzhinsk still remains on the flank of the Russian Armed Forces, where fierce counter-battles are taking place.

rybar

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Fwd from @dva_majors

Morning Summary on February 28, 2025

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces worked on targets in the rear of Ukraine "in routine mode" overnight, judging by the number of our drones reported by enemy channels (several dozen). Explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia (footage of damage to a high-rise building is being distributed, which is not surprising given the poor performance of the enemy air defense), Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, and Mykolaiv Regions.

▪️ In the evening, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of enemy drones over Crimea, Bryansk, and Belgorod Regions.

▪️ In Kursk Region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of the settlement of Nikolsky by units of the "North" grouping of troops. Battles are ongoing to liberate Lebedivka, with the eastern part under the control of the "North" Grouping of Troops. Pressure on the enemy continues near Kurilovka. UAV attacks by the AFU continue daily on civilian objects outside the AFU's salient: in the village of Lobanovka (https://t.me/dva_majors/65567) in the Korenevo district, an FPV drone struck an empty residential building.

▪️ In the Volchansk direction of the Kharkiv Region, the advance of our units continues in the eastern part of the city. The grouping's resources show an indicator of "over 50 meters" along the Volchya River.

▪️ From the Krasnoliman direction, we receive news that the Russian Armed Forces have expanded the control zone in the Yampolovka area and also occupied positions north and northwest of Ivanovka.

▪️ In the Pokrovsk (Krasnarmiysk) direction, there is high intensity of combat operations in the area of the settlements of Pishchane, Kotlyarovka, Udachne, and Uspenovka. Heavy counterattacks are underway. To the south, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting attacks from the Nadeyevka - Zaporizhia village line.

▪️ In the Konstantinopol direction, there were reports of battles for the western outskirts of Andriyivka.

▪️ On the Zaporizhia front, there are heavy battles in Pyatihatky, it is too early to speak of the capture of the village, we were informed from the scene, although our troops are developing the offensive. The enemy is using special forces for counterattacks in an attempt to rectify the situation. Offensive actions are also underway in the direction of Maly Shcherbaky, with battles for every stronghold.

▪️ In the Kherson direction, there are no changes. Mutual strikes are taking place, with our aviation involved. Yesterday, the governor reported the death of a civilian and the wounding of a civilian in the village of Rybalche as a result of an enemy strike. In Hola Prystan, a 70-year-old woman and a man were injured. One person was injured in Mala Lepetykha during a strike on a rural first-aid post.

▪️ In Belgorod Region, the village of Tishanka in the Volokonovsky district was shelled and attacked by FPV drones, injuring a man. In the village of Konovalovo, a drone strike damaged a residential building. Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekino district was attacked by a drone.

▪️ In the DPR, in Horlivka, two civilians were injured by drone drops. Also, a UAV of the AFU attacked a car, injuring a man and a woman. In the village of Pan Original msg (https://t.me/dva_majors/65576)

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