Map of the special operation in Ukraine on February 25

A special military operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass has been conducted by Russia since February 24, 2022. You can track the progress of the joint forces of Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the map of military operations for February 25, 2026 in the Izvestia material.

As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the North group of forces established control over the settlement of Grafskoye in the Kharkiv region. Units of three mechanized, two motorized infantry, and an artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and two National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Nesternoye, Tsirkuny, Kamennaya Yaruga, Olshany, Zhovtnevoe, Martove, and Veseloe in the Kharkiv region. In the Sumy region, formations of the airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the air defense brigade and the National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Mikhaylovka, Kondratovka, Pogroedy and Miropole of the Sumy region.

The fighters of the Zapad group of forces have improved their tactical situation. The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, the security brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Palamarevka, Blagodatovka, Novosinovo, Staroverovka, Hrushevka of the Kharkiv region and Mayaki of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy's losses amounted to 190 military personnel, a Bucephalus armored personnel carrier, three armored combat vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle and a British-made Defender armored vehicle, 18 vehicles, four artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots.

The units of the Center group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. The manpower and equipment of five mechanized, two jaeger, airmobile brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, the air defense brigade, the Azov special forces brigade and four National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Maryevka, Torskoye, Belitskoye, Krasnoyarsk, Novopavlovka, Lenina, Sergeevka, Kucherov Yar, Grishino, Dobropole Donetsk People's Republic and Mezhevaya Dnipropetrovsk region. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 390 soldiers, an armored personnel carrier, five armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and a field artillery piece.

The Vostok group of troops continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Formations of three mechanized, assault, two amphibious assault brigades, five assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a marine brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Zelenaya Dibrova, Dolinka, Komsomolskoye, Lyubitskoye, Charivnoye, Barvinovka of the Zaporizhia region, Alexandrovka, Orestopol and Pokrovskoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The enemy lost up to 355 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles and three artillery pieces.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrovo and Shcherbaki, Zaporizhia region. More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 15 vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 radar station, as well as two ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.

The Russian army, with the help of aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and artillery, defeated the facilities of the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts. In turn, air defense systems shot down 115 aircraft-type drones.

Threshold check: Russian troops have approached the outskirts of Zaporizhia

Disruption of transport arteries in the city area will worsen the situation of a large enemy group in the south of its zone

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost 670 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 117,299 UAVs, 651 anti-aircraft missile systems, 27,873 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,674 multiple rocket launchers, 33,474 field artillery and mortars, 55,252 pieces of special vehicles.

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