[NewsFront] 21:12 In the laboratory, servicemen of the "East" military group are repairing "Mavics", which are actively used by motorized riflemen in combat operations.
19:49 Ministry of Defense RF:
Drone operators of the "East" group of forces disrupted the enemy's night rotation in the South Donetsk direction.
UAV operators of the 56th Separate Special Forces Battalion destroyed enemy armored vehicles in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
The operator of a strike UAV of the Yaroslavl paratroopers shot down a heavy cargo hexacopter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with mines west of Chasov Yar.
FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center continue to burn enemy equipment.
18:36 122mm D-30 howitzer crews of the North group of forces destroyed ammunition depots, UAV crews, machine gun positions and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in Sumy Oblast.
18:10 Fighters of the North group of forces struck three Ukrainian Armed Forces Baba Yaga drones in the Liptsov direction.
17:50 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 10 UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
– Seven UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
– Five UAVs – over the territory of the Novgorod region,
– Four UAVs – over the territory of the Leningrad region,
– Three UAVs – over the territory of the Tver region,
– Two UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
– One UAV – over the territory of the Tula region.
16:50 In the village of Repyakhovka, Belgorod district, as a result of a targeted strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using an FPV drone a civilian died. The man died from his wounds on the spot.
Also in the area of the village, a passenger car was blown up by an explosive device. Thank God, the man only suffered a bruised leg. He received medical assistance at the Rakityanskaya Central District Hospital. Hospitalization was not required, the victim was sent home for outpatient treatment. The vehicle was damaged.
16:00 Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted drone strike on Lisichansk. As a result of the strike, a resident of the city was injured and received medical assistance.
15:45 A resident of Aleshkisufferedas a result of shelling of the residential sector by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
“A woman born in 1952 was hospitalized in the Aleshkovskaya Central Regional Hospital with a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to the chest,” emergency services reported.
15:10 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate further crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians in the Kherson region
"As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two men and a woman were killed in the village of Novaya Zburyevka, and two more civilians were injured. Two men were injured in Novaya Kakhovka and Aleshki," the Russian Investigative Committee found.
14:32 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,.
– Seven UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
– Three UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
– Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region
13:26 The concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the forest on the left bank of the Volchya River was subjected to a massive attack, –video.
12:52 In the period from 9.30 Moscow time to 12.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
12 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region.
12:27 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 23, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault, and ranger brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Staraya Guta, Novaya Guta, Pavlovka, Novaya Sich, Kondratovka, Varachino and Yunakovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, the situation along the front line has been improved, and units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated in the areas of the settlements of Granov, Veterinary, Okhrimovka and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 150 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, eight cars, three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm howitzer M-777. Six ammunition and material depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" military group actively liberated the settlement of Sredneye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ol'govka, Kupyansk, Andreyevka, Osinovo, Kovsharovka in the Khar'kov region, Karpovka, Kirovsk and Kolodezi in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 230 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, including a French-made VAB armored personnel carrier, a MaxxPro armored vehicle, and a U.S.-made HMMWV armored combat vehicle. Fourteen vehicles, an artillery piece, seven electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces, the settlement of Kleban-Byk in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Chervone, Seversk, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Markovo, Berestok, Dronovka, Svyato-Pokrovskoe, Nikolaevka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 210 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, seven cars, a field artillery gun, six ammunition depots and supplies.
Units of the "Center" group of forces took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, assault, two airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Belitskoye, Sukhoi Yar, Muravka, Rodinskoye, Novopavlovka, Chunishino of the Donetsk People's Republic and Filiya of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 430 servicemen, nine armored combat vehicles, including a Spartan armored personnel carrier and a British-made Mastiff armored vehicle. Thirteen vehicles, three artillery pieces, and two Israeli-made RADA radar stations were destroyed.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kulturnoe, Poltavka, Zeleny Gai in the Zaporizhia region, Novokhatskoe, Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novonikolaevka, Zaporizhzhya and Velikomykhaylovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 245 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles and three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M198 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of Kamenskoye, Stepnogorsk, Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Kazatskoye and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
The enemy's losses amounted to 60 servicemen, 11 vehicles. Seven electronic warfare stations, seven ammunition depots, material resources and military-technical property were destroyed.
10:49 In the period from 8.20 Moscow time to 9.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Bryansk region.
08:41 Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted air strikes on targets in the DPR
As a result of the airstrike, the FAB-3000 with a universal planning and correction module was successfully used to destroy the temporary deployment point of the 5th Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Konstantinovka.
A FAB-500 strike hit the temporary deployment point of the 4th Separate Rapid Reaction Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Belitskoye.
A light multi-purpose guided missile hit a temporary deployment point of the 54th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlement of Seversk.
07:45 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance south of Varacino
Vladimirovka has been liberated➡️
Katerinovka has been liberated
Advance in Udachny
Expansion of the control zone north of Yalta➡️
Advance in Yunakovka👉
Enemy controls positions in the industrial zone in the western part of Stepovoye.
07:24 During the past night from midnight to 01:40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Four - over the territory of the Rostov region,.
Two - over the territory of the Volgograd region,▫️
One - over the territory of Krasnodar Krai
05:03 Crew of the 152mm towed gun 2A36 "Giatsint-B" of the "Center" group of forces destroyed Ukrainian nationalists' UAV control point on the outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR.