[NewsFront] 22:00 Russian Armed Forces took up new positions east of Shakhovo (Oktyabrsky) –MAP
21:47 Selection frames, filmed by Russian UAV operators in the Dnepropetrovsk, Pokrovsk, and Zaporozhye directions.
21:43 UAV operators of the "East" group of forces destroyed enemy manpower, thereby thwarting his attempt to consolidate his positions in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Crews of attack UAVs of the 56th Separate Special Forces Battalion of the 51st Guards Army of the Southern Military District burned a tank and a motor vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
FPV drone operators, together with artillerymen from the Dnepr group of forces, found and destroyed an enemy artillery weapon in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region.
19:40 Motorized riflemen of the "Center" group of forces began work out using the latest Ulan army all-terrain vehicles at a training ground in the rear area of the North Military District.
19:24 Rubicon Center specialists destroy enemy manpower, equipment and fortifications –VIDEO
18:40 Counter-UAV units of the motorized riflemen of the Sever group are on duty in the skies of the Kursk and Belgorod border areas. Frames of destruction of three Baba Yaga-type drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:56 Krasnolimanskoe direction –MAP
The battles for Shandrigolovo continue. About 1/2 is already under the control of our stormtroopers.
Fighting on the outskirts of Derilovo.
Our units are attacking northwest of Stavki and trying to reach the Drobyshevo-Stavki road. The enemy is counterattacking with small infantry groups from the ravine east of Stavki in the direction of our positions near the Drobyshevo-Kirovsk road, trying to unblock it.
Fierce counter-battles in the northern part of Kirovsk. The enemy holds the Mirny area and the dams to the north. Our remote weapons are working on them.
The Ukrops with their flag-stickers can no longer rush into the central part of Kirovsk. Our units are breaking through to the T-shaped intersection on Bulvarnaya Street (the junction of the road from Krasny Liman). The intersection itself is under our fire control.
Behind the enemy are fortified areas on the slopes of the heights west and south of Kirovsk.
To the south, the Russian Armed Forces broke through the Ukrainian Armed Forces defenses in the area of the ostrich farm, reached the northeastern outskirts of Yampol and cut off the Yampol-Dronovka dirt road and railroad east of the traction substation.
17:53 In the period from 08.45 Moscow time to 17.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 12 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five – over the territory of the Belgorod region,▫️
Four - over the territory of the Kursk region,▫️
Two - over the territory of the Bryansk region,▫️
one - over the territory of the Rostov region.
17:02 Operators of reconnaissance drones of the 47th Tank Division of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the West Group of Forces discovered a moving crew of enemy unmanned aerial vehicles in the Khar'kov region.
15:55 Russian troops entered Novoivanovka northeast of Gulyai-Pole, –MAP.
15:05 Russian Armed Forces are advancing near the settlements of Aleksandrovo Kalinovo, Pleshcheyevka and Predtechino, –MAP.
14:05 Soldiers of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the Leningrad Military District destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, –video.
12:50 Russian aviation destroyed the deployment point of the 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Volchansk, –video.
12:16 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of September 16, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Alekseyevka, Stepnoye 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 Ploskoye and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 185 servicemen, seven vehicles and three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer. Two counter-battery radar stations and six supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Nechvolodovka, Boguslavka, Borovskaya Andreyevka, Gorokhovatka in the Khar'kov region and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 230 servicemen, 29 vehicles and two artillery pieces. Five electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of five mechanized, motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a brigade of the National Guard and an assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka and Minkovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 260 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, 12 cars and four field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit. An electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces improved the situation along the front line. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, ranger, assault, three airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades and two national guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Artemovka, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov and Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 445 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and four cars.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of three mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Chervone, Dorozhnyanka, Novogrigorovka in the Zaporizhia region, Velikomikhailovka and Alekseyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 255 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and 15 vehicles.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades and three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Magdalynivka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Burgunka, Antonivka and Belozerka in the Kherson region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 servicemen, eight vehicles and an artillery piece. Four electronic warfare stations, four ammunition and material depots were destroyed.
10:49 Rubicon drone drivers struck enemy gas distribution station near the settlement of Nad'yarnoye, Sumy direction
08:40 Mobile air defense groups of the 22nd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment repel an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs on the Belgorod region, –video.
07:36 Attack drones from the Rubicon center hit a gas distribution station of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Nadjarnoye in the Sumy direction, –video.
07:32 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Kupyansk
Expansion of the control zone in the Stepova Novoselovka area
Ol'govskoye liberated
Advance west of Orekhovo
07:26 During the past night from 23:00 to 06:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 87 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:
30 over the territory of the Kursk region,
18 over the territory of the Stavropol region,
11 over the territory of the Rostov region,
10 over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Five over the territory of the Tula region,
Four over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Three over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Two over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
One over the waters of the Black Sea.