AUC3I Daily Briefing 03-04-2025 ON the WAR in Ukraine

Colonel AC. Oguntoye's briefing on the progress of the special military operation as of March 4, 2025, include:

1. "Ongoing Operations": The Russian Armed Forces continue their special military operation across multiple fronts.

2. "Regional Engagements":
- "Kharkiv Direction": Russian forces in the North group engaged and inflicted losses on Ukrainian motorized infantry and territorial defense brigades in the areas of Volchansk and Liptsy. Casualties included up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, and two cars.
- "Western Front": The West group of forces improved tactical positions and defeated three mechanized brigades and two territorial defense brigades in various settlements of the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, with 255 Ukrainian servicemen lost, along with four vehicles and a Western-made field artillery gun. Additionally, three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
- "Southern Front": In the Donetsk region, the Southern group took more advantageous lines, defeating four mechanized, airmobile, and motorized infantry brigades, resulting in up to 265 Ukrainian casualties, loss of armored combat vehicles, cars, and field artillery pieces.
- "Central Front": The Center group of forces continued to push forward, defeating various Ukrainian brigades across several settlements, with substantial Ukrainian losses including up to 595 servicemen, combat vehicles, and pickups.
- "Eastern Front": The East group of forces advanced deeper into enemy defenses, defeating two mechanized brigades and two territorial defense brigades in the Donetsk People's Republic and Zaporizhia region. The Ukrainian forces lost 185 servicemen, a tank, armored vehicles, cars, and artillery pieces.
- "Dnepr Front": Engagements in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions led to Ukrainian losses including 60 servicemen, vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.

3. "Infrastructure and Tactical Strikes": Russian operational-tactical aviation, UAVs, missile forces, and artillery damaged critical Ukrainian military infrastructures, including airfields and ammunition depots, across 142 districts.

4. "Air Defense": Russian air defense systems successfully shot down a US-made JDAM guided bomb and 93 UAVs, highlighting the effectiveness of Russian air defense capabilities.

5. "Cumulative Losses": Since the beginning of the operation, substantial Ukrainian military assets have been destroyed, including aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, tanks, armored combat vehicles, and artillery pieces.

6. "Kursk Region": In the Kursk region, Russian forces continue to repel Ukrainian advances, defeating multiple Ukrainian brigades and inflicting significant personnel and equipment losses, including a tank, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and other military hardware.

7. "Strategic Overview": The operation remains ongoing with Russian forces making concerted efforts to weaken Ukrainian military capabilities across several fronts, while maintaining pressure and advancing tactical positions.

This briefing underscores the continued intensity of the conflict, with significant engagements and losses reported on multiple fronts, highlighting the strategic push by Russian forces to secure tactical advantages and degrade Ukrainian military capabilities.