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Current information on the situation on the front line on September 12 (updated)
2025-09-13
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 22:16 Published photo of Russian flags in liberated Novopetrovsk (Ternovoe).

21:30 Calculation of the UAV unit of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed heavy drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a flight in the Kherson region.

FPV drone operators of the Southern Group of Forces have disrupted an attempt to rotate the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivske direction.

Drone operators from the 110th Brigade of the Southern Military District destroyed foreign-made armored vehicles in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

20:10 From 15:00 to 19:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were:

15 over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One over the territory of the Bryansk region.

19:34 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, operators of unmanned complexes of the "East" group of troops using electronic warfare suppressed control channels of the enemy's heavy hexacopter.

19:10 Video selection of frames work of FPV crews of the 11th Army Corps. The footage shows the defeat of positions of SPG-9 crews of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Liptsy area, as well as the destruction of communications equipment.

16:35 Servicemen of the Dnepr Group of Forces, using the Geran UAV, struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV launcher in the area of the settlement of Kirovo in the Zaporizhia direction, –video.

15:04 From 12:00 to 15:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

Eight over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One over the territory of the Samara region.

14:30 Special forces of the 6th Army of the Leningrad Military District detected and destroyed a Ukrainian 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun with precise strikes from an FPV drone. Volchansk direction, –video.

12:56 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from September 6 to 12, 2025

From September 6 to 12, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive and six group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of which enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, transport and energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military airfields, weapons and military equipment depots were damaged.

In addition, command posts, assembly, storage and launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, a workshop for the production of unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries were hit.

During the week, units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position in the Sumy region. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airborne assault, motorized infantry brigades, an airborne assault, assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade.

In the Khar'kov direction, the formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades, a national guard brigade and a border detachment of the border service of Ukraine were defeated.

Over the course of a week, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy's losses amounted to over 1,220 servicemen, three tanks, 15 combat armored vehicles, 103 cars and 11 field artillery guns. Nine electronic warfare stations, 43 ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

The units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of three mechanized, airmobile, airborne assault, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade.

The enemy lost more than 1,650 servicemen, two tanks, 28 combat armored vehicles, 153 cars and 17 field artillery guns. 32 ammunition depots, 45 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations were destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops took a more advantageous tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault, assault, motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade.

Over the course of a week, the losses of Ukrainian armed formations in this direction amounted to over 1,470 servicemen, three tanks, 19 combat armored vehicles, 40 cars and 22 field artillery guns. Ten electronic warfare stations, 19 ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. Formations of five mechanized, infantry, airborne, three airborne assault, two assault, and Jaeger brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two national guard brigades were defeated.

The enemy lost up to 3,370 troops, five tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles, 42 cars and 14 field artillery pieces.

Over the past week, units of the "East" military group, as a result of offensive actions, established control over the settlements of Khoroshye, Sosnovka and Novopetrovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and three territorial defense brigades were damaged.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to over 1,640 servicemen, a tank, 18 armored combat vehicles, 68 cars and 10 field artillery pieces.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade.

The enemy lost more than 435 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 57 cars and five artillery pieces. 32 electronic warfare stations, 18 ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Over the course of the week, air defense systems shot down five cruise missiles, 19 guided aerial bombs, 19 US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, two long-range Neptune guided missiles, and 1,488 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces and the Black Sea Fleet destroyed eight high-speed unmanned enemy boats.

12:09 The Russian Armed Forces liberated Ternovoe, -MAP.

11:49 Dnipropetrovsk region. During decisive offensive actions, fighters of the 37th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "East" group of forces captured the settlement of Novopetrovskoye (Ternovoye), -MAP.

11:08 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Velikomikhailovka, –MAP.

10:45 From 08.00 to 09.15 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

09:38 Kupyanskoe direction. Fierce battles are taking place on the northern outskirts of the city. Our troops are advancing from the northern side and are also developing an offensive on the left bank of the Oskol.

08:42 As part of combat training, servicemen of the motorized rifle regiment of the 215th combined arms army of the West group of forces conducted training firing from the AGS-17 "Flame" at a training ground in the SVO zone.

07:35 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Novoselovka area
Russian Armed Forces occupy eastern part of Novonikolaevka
Sosnovka has been liberated
Advance south of Predtechino
Expansion of the control zone east of Nelepovka.

07:19 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 221 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

85 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
42 UAVs over the territory of the Smolensk region,
28 UAVs over the territory of the Leningrad region,
18 UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region,
14 UAVs over the territory of the Novgorod region, 9 UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Nine UAVs over the territory of the Moscow region,
Seven UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region,
three UAVs over the territory of the Tver region,
One UAV over the territory of the Pskov region,
One UAV over the territory of the Tula region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.

05:00 Calculations of the UAV aircraft type "Molniya-2" of the Ivanovo paratroopers destroyed control points for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the village of Nikolaevka.

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