by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 23 May 2026

Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)

The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The Group's units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, and a marine brigade close to Malomikhailovka, Prosyanaya, Zarechnoye, Pokrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Rovnoye, Lyubitskoye, Zelenaya Dibrova, and Voskresenka (Zaporozhye region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 280 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and nine motor vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a marine brigade near Orekhov and Grigorovka in Zaporozhye region.

▪️Up to 50 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station of the AFU were neutralised.

Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces inflicted damage on a Ukrainian defence industry enterprise, energy facilities used in the interests of the AFU, assembly workshops, and storage areas of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.

Air defence systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs and 800 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

671 aircraft,
284 helicopters,
151,504 unmanned aerial vehicles,
661 anti-aircraft missile systems,
29,450 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,724 MLRS combat vehicles,
35,058 field artillery guns and mortars,
62,334 units of support military vehicles.

Russian Defence Ministry