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Current information on the situation on the front line on August 30 (updated)
2025-08-31
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:30 Crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-SM2 self-propelled howitzer of the West group of forces covered fire at the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control point.

The Zala UAV crew adjusted the fire strike and recorded the precise hit on the target.

19:48 Heavy fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction, where units of the Center group of forces continue their successful offensive –VIDEO

16:26 Russian Armed Forces continue delivering massive strikes exclusively against military facilities in Ukraine, with priority targets being enterprises producing missile systems and long-range UAVs.

15:47 The Russian army has liberated the settlement of Kamyshevakha in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported,MAP.

15:08 Servicemen of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center Forces Group after returning from another combat mission in real time were able to communicate with their families living in the Irkutsk region.

15:02 Izyumskoe (Borovskoy section) direction

Troops of the Group of Forces "West" continue their offensive in the direction of the Oskol River on the Ivanovo-Makeevsky bridgehead, repelling enemy counterattacks in the area of ​​Karpovka, Redkodub, Novomikhaylovka and Petrovskoye (Grekovka).

14:37 Zaporizhia (South Donetsk) direction

Troops of the Group of Forces "Vostok" took control of Kamyshevakha and are attacking in the direction of Ternovoye and Berezovoye.

To the north, there are battles for Novoselovka and in the Voronoe-Khoroshe-Sosnovka area. The enemy periodically counterattacks throughout the entire area. Particularly fierce counter-battles are in the Iskra-Tolstoy and Aleksandrograd areas.

South of Temirovka (on the Gulyai-Polye sector) our units advanced in the direction of Novoivanovka (west of Novodarovka) and Novonikolaevka (bypassing Poltavka to the north along the Solenaya River, Olgovskoye village).

12:27 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 30, 2025

Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, airborne assault, two assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard regiment in the areas of the settlements of Krenidovka, Kondratovka, Leninske, Alekseyevka and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost up to 185 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, seven cars and six field artillery guns. An electronic warfare station, a counter-battery radar station, an ammunition depot and four supply depots were destroyed.📍

Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Boguslavka in the Khar'kov region, Stavka, Kirovsk and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 270 servicemen, 10 combat armored vehicles, including eight Western-made ones, 18 cars and seven field artillery guns. Six electronic warfare stations and seven ammunition depots were destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. The formations of four mechanized, airmobile, airborne assault, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Dronovka, Berestok, Svyato-Pokrovskoye, Reznikovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 200 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, nine cars, five field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Center" group of forces improved the situation along the front line. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, infantry, two assault, two airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a naval infantry brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Rodinskoye and Udachnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 405 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, six cars and three artillery pieces.

As a result of offensive actions, units of the "East" military group liberated the settlement of Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Malomykhaylovka, Voronoe and Sosnovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The enemy lost over 250 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, six cars and six field artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones. A warehouse of materiel was destroyed.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Chervony Yar, Nikolskoye and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 80 servicemen, 13 vehicles and an artillery piece. Three electronic warfare stations, five ammunition depots and two supply depots were destroyed.

12:18 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with high-precision weapons of land, air, sea-based and strike unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the missile and aviation industries, as well as military airfields of Ukraine.✅

The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit.

11:30 In the period from 7:00 Moscow time to 11:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

18 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
2 UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region

10:50 Destruction of two T-72 tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk area –VIDEO

08:43 Servicemen of the mobile air surveillance posts of the Aley motorized rifle brigade of the Center group of forces organized an effective system for countering Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.

07:46 During the past night, from 21:00 Moscow time on August 29 to 7:00 Moscow time on August 30, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 86 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

30 UAVs – over the Black Sea,
15 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,▫️
13 UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region,▫️
11 UAVs – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,▫️
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,▫️
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region,▫️
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Tver region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Tula region,▫️
One UAV – over the territory of Kursk region.

07:33 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️

Correction of the control zone in the Petrovsky area in favor of ours
Advance in the Shandrigolovo area

05:00 At the training ground in the rear area of ​​the special operation zone, experienced instructors of the "East" troop group transmit their knowledge to the fighters.

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